Definition: 1. A strong liking. 2. A predisposition in favor of something. 3. The right or chance to choose. 4. Grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties).
Use 'preference' in a sentence:
1. I leave it to the reader's political preference to decide which, if any, charges should stick.
2. It upset her when men revealed a preference for her sister.
3. She shows a marked preference for the play.
4. But consumers' preferences were already shifting toward touch-screen smartphones.
5. We give preference to applicants with some experience.
6. Some unfortunate mismatches in young people ’ s job preferences and prospects.
7. Some of these may change order according to the specific situation or your own preferences.
8. In cases like that, does the preference matter?
9. Students' test-form preferences vary, too, often depending on the subject and course difficulty.
10. Let's make a list of possible speakers, in order of preference.
11. Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends.
12. Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.
13. People develop the preference for a particular style of learning at an early age and these preferences affect learning.
14. The preferences of these men bestowed prestige on certain works, which made the works more likely to be hung in galleries and printed in collections.
15. Though he didn't say it in exactly so many words, his implicit preference was quite apparent.
16. Even the self identified auditory learners, their preference didn't seem to matter.
17. He is making the unarguable point that our desires and preferences have a social component.
18. Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals.
19. What's the difference between men and women's preference in cars?
20. The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.
21. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts.
22. Here and now, this might not even be a question of preference.
23. The original preference for black was changed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, as such colors as red, violet and purple came into fashion.
24. When you have finished your list of personal preferences, go through it again.
25. The Pentagon will give preference to companies which do business electronically.
26. Our national preference is to the lips, shake the head and affect anof judicious canniness 11.
27. It was a preference for naturalness and simplicity that separated the Taoists from the Confucians.
28. So let's look at the effect this preference can have by looking at some examples.
29. Nearly all the cultural objects we consume arrive wrapped in inherited opinion ； our preferences are always, to some extent, someone else's.
30. The Pentagon has said it will give preference to companies with which it can do business electronically.
31. I have a preference for country life.
32. A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.
33. Which is your preference, tea or coffee?
34. Does Lucy have a preference for a particular colour?
35. He has demonstrated a strong preference for being shod in running shoes.
36. Each of us is likely to develop a personal preference for certain types of entertainment.
37. Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food.
38. Ordinary shareholders receive dividend from profit after deducting the preference shares dividend.
39. Research has shown that having a preference for junk food can result in obesity.
40. One of the stumbling blocks in the Doha round, for example, was "preference erosion".
41. In some animals, lateralisation is simply a preference for a single paw or foot, while in others it appears in more general patterns of behaviour.
42. This demonstrates that blindness is not limited to recent preference selections, but can also occur for intensity and frequency.
43. Ben has a preference of physics to/ over English.
44. "Regardless of your stated preference, if you're ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective," says Dr. Gabriela Ferreira.
45. Preference will be given to graduates of this university.
46. The continentals have never understood our preference for warm beer.
47. She was chosen in preference to her sister.
48. In one area, it made painstaking efforts to quantify fertility preference to derive figures for planned and unplanned pregnancies.
49. Regardless of your stated preference, if you're ready to quit, quitting abruptly is more effective.
50. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.
51. Under the alternative vote system, voters would be invited to rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference.
52. Tastes and preferences vary from individual to individual.
53. He let his preference be known to the press.
54. It's a matter of personal preference.
55. I can't say that I have any particular preference.
56. Among the varieties available, my preference stays with the old and lovely pink-flowered variety, 'Apple Blossom'.
57. Many people expressed a strong preference for the original plan.
