Usually means: Favoring one option over others.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word preferring:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. preferring: Merriam-Webster
  2. preferring: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preferring: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preferring: Vocabulary.com
  5. Preferring, preferring: Wordnik
  6. preferring: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. preferring: Wiktionary
  8. preferring: Dictionary.com
  9. preferring: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Preferring: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Preferring: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. preferring: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. preferring: FreeDictionary.org
  14. preferring: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preferring: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. preferring: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preferring: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preferring)

▸ noun:  A preference; the choice of something preferred.

Similar:
favored, favorite, favourite, preferable, desirable, loved, pet, preferment, preferer, preferist, more...

Opposite:
disliking, hating, detesting

Types:
liking, favoring, choosing, selecting, opting, desiring, craving, yearning, coveting, more...

Phrases:
preferring to forget reality or routine, more...

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Similar:
favored, favorite, favourite, preferable, desirable, loved, pet, preferment, preferer, preferist, more...

Opposite:
disliking, hating, detesting

Types:
liking, favoring, choosing, selecting, opting, desiring, craving, yearning, coveting, more...

Phrases:
preferring to forget reality or routine, more...

Colors:
    blue,     green,     red,     yellow,     purple, more...



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