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prefer
English
Alternative forms
- præfer [16th-17th c.]
- preferre [14th-17th c.]
Etymology
From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer and Old French preferer, from Latin praefer?, praeferre. Displaced native Middle English foresettan and foreberan.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???f?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???f??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
prefer (third-person singular simple present prefers, present participle preferring, simple past and past participle preferred)
- (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14thc.]
- I'd prefer it if you didn't do it.
- "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
- (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something). [from 14thc.]
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 67,[1]
- […] she was one of my Master’s Captives. For this Reason, I presume, it was, that she took so much Compassion upon me; considering herself a Slave in a strange Country, and only preferr’d to my Master’s Bed by Courtesy.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 67,[1]
- (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16thc.]
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 137,[2]
- At length the Maroons, who were delighted to have him with them, became discontented with his absence, and for several years, during the sessions of the House of Assembly, preferred repeated complaints against him.
- 1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 137,[2]
- (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). [16th-19thc.]
- 1630, John Smith, The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, London: Thomas Slater, Chapter 1, p. 2,[3]
- one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King Iames.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, Volume One, Chapter 17,[4]
- Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current, and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept […].
- 1630, John Smith, The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captaine Iohn Smith, London: Thomas Slater, Chapter 1, p. 2,[3]
Usage notes
- The verb can be used in three different forms:
- prefer + noun + to (or over) + noun. Example: I prefer coffee to tea.
- prefer + gerund + to (or over) + gerund. Example: I prefer skiing to swimming.
- prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive. Example: I prefer to die honorably rather than live in shame. If the second verb is the same as the first, it can be elided: I prefer to eat fish rather than meat.
Inflection
Synonyms
- forechoose
Antonyms
- disprefer
Related terms
- nonpreferred
- preferable / preferrable
- preference
- preferendum
- preferential
- preferer / preferrer
- preferment
- preferred creditor, preferred provider, preferred stock, preferred stockholder
- unpreferred
- prelate
Translations
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pre?fer]
Verb
prefer
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prefera
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purchase
English
Etymology
From Middle English purchasen, from Anglo-Norman purchacer (“seek to obtain”) from pur- (from Latin pro-) + chac(i)er (“to chase, pursue”). Compare Old French porchacier (“to follow, to chase”), which has given French pourchasser (“to chase without relent”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?t??s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??t??s/
- Hyphenation: pur?chase
Noun
purchase (countable and uncountable, plural purchases)
- The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
- That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
- That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
- (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
- I'll […] get meat to save thee, / Or lose my life i’ th’ purchase.
- A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
- 1848, The Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords
- Suppose a freehold house to be worth 20 years’ purchase […]
- 1848, The Sessional Papers printed by order of the House of Lords
- (uncountable, also figuratively) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
- Synonyms: contact, grip, hold
- The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
- (rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
- Synonyms: foothold, support
- (law, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
Derived terms
- purchase order
- repurchase
Translations
Verb
purchase (third-person singular simple present purchases, present participle purchasing, simple past and past participle purchased)
- To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
- To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
- that loves the thing he cannot purchase
- To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
- to purchase favor with flattery
- To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
- To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
- To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
- 1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.
- 1523–1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
Synonyms
- (buy): procure
Derived terms
- purchasable
- purchasing agent
- purchasing power
Translations
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