Have you got any preference between beef and lamb?
Source: tatoeba (19484)
Preference
//ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns//
Synonyms for "preference" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
mouldermouldymutual affinitymutual attractionnaturenepotismone-sidednessoptionparti prispartialityparticular choicepartisanismpartisanshippatronagepersonal choicepetpickpleasureprecedenceprecedency
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7 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
150 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- voorkeur noun (state of being preferred)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- προαίρεσις noun (selection)
- πρόκριμα noun (selection)
Arabic
2 entries- أَفْضَلِيَّة noun (selection)
- تَفْضِيل noun (selection)
Armenian
1 entries- նախապատվություն noun (selection)
Belarusian
4 entries- вы́бар noun (selection)
- вы́бар noun (option to select or selected)
- перава́га noun (selection)
- перава́га noun (option to select or selected)
Bulgarian
3 entries- и́збор noun (selection)
- предпочита́ние noun (selection)
- предпочита́ние noun (option to select or selected)
Catalan
3 entries- preferència noun (selection)
- preferència noun (option to select or selected)
- preferència noun (state of being preferred)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 偏好 noun (liking)
- 優先 /优先 noun (state of being preferred)
- 優選 /优选 noun (selection)
- 喜愛 /喜爱 noun (liking)
Czech
2 entries- preference noun (selection)
- přednost noun (selection)
Danish
1 entries- præference noun (selection)
Dutch
3 entries- preferentie noun (selection)
- voorkeur noun (selection)
- voorkeur noun (state of being preferred)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- veurkeur noun (state of being preferred)
Esperanto
1 entries- prefero noun (option to select or selected)
Estonian
1 entries- eelistus noun (selection)
Finnish
4 entries- mieltymys noun (liking)
- preferenssi noun (selection)
- preferenssi noun (liking)
- puolueellisuus noun (bias)
French
1 entries- préférence noun (selection)
Galician
1 entries- preferencia noun (selection)
Georgian
4 entries- არჩევანი noun (selection)
- მჯობინება noun (selection)
- პრეფერენცია noun (selection)
- უპირატესობის მინიჭება noun (selection)
German
4 entries- Bevorzugung noun (option to select or selected)
- Bevorzugung noun (state of being preferred)
- Bevorzugung noun (liking)
- Präferenz noun (selection)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- preferans noun (selection)
Hebrew
4 entries- הַעֲדָפָה noun (selection)
- הַעֲדָפָה noun (option to select or selected)
- הַעֲדָפָה noun (state of being preferred)
- הַעֲדָפָה noun (liking)
Hindi
4 entries- अग्रिमता noun (selection)
- प्राथमिकता noun (selection)
- प्राथमिकता noun (state of being preferred)
- वरीयता noun (selection)
Hungarian
1 entries- preferencia noun (selection)
Icelandic
1 entries- kjörkostur noun (option to select or selected)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- تَرْجیح noun (selection)
- تَفْضیل noun (selection)
Italian
2 entries- preferenza noun (selection)
- preferenza noun (state of being preferred)
Japanese
4 entries- 依怙贔屓 noun (bias)
- 優先 noun (state of being preferred)
- 好み noun (liking)
- 選択 noun (selection)
Kazakh
1 entries- қалау noun (selection)
Korean
2 entries- 선택 noun (selection)
- 우선 noun (state of being preferred)
Latvian
1 entries- priekšroka noun (selection)
Lithuanian
1 entries- preferencija noun (selection)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпочитање noun (selection)
Malayalam
2 entries- ക്രമീകരണം noun (option to select or selected)
- മുൻഗണന noun (state of being preferred)
Māori
3 entries- manakotanga noun (option to select or selected)
- manakotanga noun (state of being preferred)
- mariutanga noun (state of being preferred)
Navajo
2 entries- siłkidígíí noun (selection)
- siłkidígíí noun (option to select or selected)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- preferanse noun (selection)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Läne noun (selection)
Polish
3 entries- preferencja noun (selection)
- preferencja noun (option to select or selected)
- preferencja noun (bias)
Portuguese
4 entries- preferência noun (selection)
- preferência noun (option to select or selected)
- preferência noun (state of being preferred)
- preferência noun (liking)
Romanian
4 entries- preferat noun (state of being preferred)
- preferată noun (state of being preferred)
- preferință noun (selection)
- preferință noun (option to select or selected)
Russian
4 entries- вы́бор noun (selection)
- вы́бор noun (option to select or selected)
- вы́бор noun (state of being preferred)
- предпочте́ние noun (selection)
Slovak
2 entries- prednosť noun (selection)
- preferencia noun (selection)
Slovene
1 entries- prednost noun (selection)
Southern Altai
1 entries- артык кӧрӧр noun (selection)
Spanish
3 entries- preferencia noun (selection)
- preferencia noun (liking)
- preferencia noun (bias)
Swedish
4 entries- företräde noun (selection)
- företräde noun (option to select or selected)
- företräde noun (state of being preferred)
- förkärlek noun (liking)
Tajik
3 entries- афзал noun (selection)
- афзалият noun (selection)
- тарҷех noun (selection)
Tamil
3 entries- சார்பு noun (bias)
- பாரபட்சம் noun (bias)
- முன்னுரிமை noun (state of being preferred)
Telugu
1 entries- అభిరుచి noun (liking)
Turkish
4 entries- tercih noun (selection)
- tercih noun (option to select or selected)
- tercih noun (state of being preferred)
- tercih noun (liking)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́бір noun (selection)
- ви́бір noun (option to select or selected)
- перева́га noun (selection)
- перева́га noun (option to select or selected)
Urdu
1 entries- تَرْجِیح noun (selection)
Uzbek
1 entries- afzal koʻrish noun (selection)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
Source: tatoeba (62348)
I don't know your preference, so please help yourself.
Source: tatoeba (70675)
My decided preference is the fourth and the last of these alternatives.
Source: tatoeba (246915)
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