prefer

About 17.58 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.

   I prefer tea to coffee.

2. verb To advance, promote (someone or something).
3. verb To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
4. verb To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

Similar words

favour choose favor opt for preference preferable preferably preferential favourite opt

Often followed by

to the a not that it this an one

Word family

preferred preferrer preferrers preferring prefers