Definition of Preference

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Preference

The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.

That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?

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Preference Quotations

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.
John Stuart Mill

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
Moliere

And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.
Alanis Morissette

I will, proudly and by preference, do at least one picture a year for King Brothers, and I will try to make it the best picture that I have it in me to do.
Dalton Trumbo

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.
Petrarch

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
Themistocles

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand.
Lester B. Pearson

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
Robert Bulwer-Lytton

Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.
Christopher Eccleston

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.
Phillip E. Johnson

Preference Translations

preference in German is Vorzug, Bevorzugung, Vorliebe
preference in Spanish is preferencia

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