Definitions for preferred
pre·ferred

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 4 votes

1. preferable, preferredadjective

   more desirable than another

   "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

2. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   "the favored child"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preferrednoun

   Preferred stock.

2. preferredadjective

   favoured

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1. preferred

   Preferred is generally defined as the act of liking or choosing someone or something more than someone or something else; hence considered more desirable or suitable. It refers to a choice made from a number of possibilities, typically predicated on specific criteria or personal preference. It can also refer to something that is given priority or precedence over others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preferred

   of Prefer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4254

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Adjectives Frequency: #1006

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce preferred?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say preferred in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of preferred in a Sentence

1. Elena Kagan:

   We would live in a very different world from the world we live in today. Essentially, we would be inviting states, all 50 of them, with respect to their un-preferred constitutional rights, to try to nullify the law that this Court has laid down as to the content of those rights, we would be like: you're open for business. There's nothing the Supreme Court can do about it. Guns, same-sex marriage, religious rights, whatever you don't like, go ahead.

2. Alan Kennedy:

   ( N) either the Constitution nor Electoral Count Act offer any basis for claims by people who are not duly elected and certified presidential electors to replace duly elected and certified presidential electors solely because such non-electors were not elected, but would have liked to have been elected, resulting in their preferred candidates losing re-election, plaintiffs' claims to the contrary find no support in the text of the cited constitutional provisions or Electoral Count Act, and are contrary to the whole point of holding elections.

3. Joan Meek:

   Mother’s own milk is preferred so everything we can do to get that mother’s milk to her baby would be ideal.

4. Chief Medical Officer:

   They cannot buy their way back onto the national preferred formulary at this time.

5. Cecily Strong:

   I'm' Preferred to Remain Anonymous,' and I handle public relations for the The NFL, so if anyone wants to switch jobs, let me know.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=preferred
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Preferred
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferred
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=preferred