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Is prefer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prefer is a Scrabble US word. The word prefer is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is prefer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prefer is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is prefer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prefer is a Words With Friends word. The word prefer is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

PREFER,

5-letter words (4 found)

FERER,FREER,FRERE,REFER,

4-letter words (7 found)

FEER,FERE,FREE,PEER,PERE,PREE,REEF,

3-letter words (11 found)

ERE,ERF,ERR,FEE,FER,PEE,PER,PRE,REE,REF,REP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EF,ER,FE,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from prefer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prefer

prefer

Alternative forms

  • præfer [16th–17th c.]
  • præferre [16th–17th c.]
  • preferre [14th–17th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English preferren, from Anglo-Norman preferer, from Latin praeferō. Displaced native Old English foresettan and foreberan.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈfɜː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈfɝ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

prefer (third-person singular simple present prefers, present participle preferring, simple past and past participle preferred)

  1. (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16th c.]
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). [16th–19th c.]

Usage notes

  • The verb can be used in three different forms:
    1. prefer + noun + to (or over) + noun. Example: I prefer coffee to tea.
    2. prefer + gerund + to (or over) + gerund. Example: I prefer skiing to swimming.
    3. 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.

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

Chinese

Etymology

From English prefer.

Pronunciation

Verb

prefer

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to prefer (to favor)
    • 剛才就Mr Pennicott就同我提出咗一啲佢當事人嘅意見，我諗佢就prefer我開聲講，佢就要求就兩樣嘢嘅⋯⋯ [Cantonese, trad.]
      刚才就Mr Pennicott就同我提出咗一啲佢当事人嘅意见，我谂佢就prefer我开声讲，佢就要求就两样嘢嘅⋯⋯ [Cantonese, simp.]
      From: 2016, 石永泰 [Paul SHIEH Wing-tai], 食水含鉛超標調查委員會 [Commission of Inquiry into Excess Lead Found in Drinking Water], P.139 of transcript
      gong1 coi4 zau6 Mr Pennicott zau6 tung4 ngo5 tai4 ceot1 zo2 jat1 di1 keoi5 dong1 si6 jan4 ge3 ji3 gin3, ngo5 nam2 keoi5 zau6 pi6 foe1 ngo5 hoi1 seng1 gong2, keoi5 zau6 jiu1 kau4 zau6 loeng5 joeng6 je5 ge3... [Jyutping]
      Just now, Mr Pennicott has submitted his client's views and I believe he would prefer I start first. He had asked two things…

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [preˈfer]

Verb

prefer

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prefera

Source: wiktionary.org