Preference
noun
A feeling that you like something or someone more than other things or people.
She has a preference for classical music over pop.
Often appears as...
- show a preference
- personal preference
noun
The right to choose or be chosen first.
Members of the club have preference when booking facilities.
Often appears as...
- give preference
- racial preference
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Approving
noun
Something that is liked or wanted more than something else.
Our preference would be to buy a new house rather than an older one.
Often appears as...
- express a preference
- stated preference
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Neutral
noun
A feeling that you like something or someone more than other things or people.
She has a preference for classical music over pop.
Often appears as...
- show a preference
- personal preference
noun
The right to choose or be chosen first.
Members of the club have preference when booking facilities.
Often appears as...
- give preference
- racial preference
Usage tips
Approving
noun
Something that is liked or wanted more than something else.
Our preference would be to buy a new house rather than an older one.
Often appears as...
- express a preference
- stated preference
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Choice
Indicates a strong personal feeling towards a choice; may not be based on logic.
He has a preference for small towns, although the city offers more job opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Expressing a preference doesn't mean you dislike the other options, just that you favor one more.
Though I eat all vegetables, my preference is for spinach.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Influences
Preferences can often reflect cultural background and experiences.
Her preference for spicy food comes from growing up in Thailand.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Choice
Indicates a strong personal feeling towards a choice; may not be based on logic.
He has a preference for small towns, although the city offers more job opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Expressing a preference doesn't mean you dislike the other options, just that you favor one more.
Though I eat all vegetables, my preference is for spinach.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Influences
Preferences can often reflect cultural background and experiences.
Her preference for spicy food comes from growing up in Thailand.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Choice
Indicates a strong personal feeling towards a choice; may not be based on logic.
He has a preference for small towns, although the city offers more job opportunities.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Expressing a preference doesn't mean you dislike the other options, just that you favor one more.
Though I eat all vegetables, my preference is for spinach.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Influences
Preferences can often reflect cultural background and experiences.
Her preference for spicy food comes from growing up in Thailand.
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Are we in control of our...
is that we actually don't know our preferences that well. And because we don't know our preferences that well, we're susceptible to all of these influences from the external the defaults, the particular options that are presented to us, and so on. One more example of this. People believe that when we deal with physical attraction,
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Inside OKCupid: The math...
then it compares your choices and preferences to other people's in simple, mathematical ways. This, the ability to take real-world phenomena and make them something a microchip can understand, is, I think, the most important skill anyone can have these days. Like you use sentences to tell a story to a person,
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How bees help plants...
Generalist pollinators have to adapt their preferences depending on who's flowering when. So from one flowering season to the next, the participants and patterns of matchmaking can drastically change. With all those variables, you can understand the importance of generalist pollinators,
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How do focus groups...
focused on the nature of people's preferences and thoughts. It couldn't tell marketers what percentage of people buy a certain product or brand, but it could tell them more about the people who do, their reasoning for doing so, and even the unconscious motivations behind those reasons.
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How cohousing can make...
Two other times, I show up and help my team with the preparation and cleanup. And all those other nights, I just show up. I have dinner, talk with my neighbors, and I go home, having been fed a delicious meal by someone who cares about my vegetarian preferences.
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A brief history of...
Through the mid-20th century, members of the community would, if possible, make their funerary preferences known in advance, sometimes requesting that family members gather to consume the body after death. Tragically, though these rituals honored the deceased,
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Can you solve the...
now there are four possible results. You can tell the people who flip heads twice in a row to report support for the troll; those who get tails twice in a row to report dragon; and those with any other combination to declare their true preference.
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Can you be awake and...
But in recovery, they showed a strong preference for sleep across both hemispheres, suggesting that it was more restorative for them. Dolphins, on the other hand, have been observed to maintain high levels of alertness for at least five days.
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Deadly Spider Bite! PIPE...
largest spiders in the world sometimes reaching a foot in diameter with a fearsome appearance and a painful bite to match roughly eight hundred tarantula species live around the globe their preference for warm climates makes
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Upgrading management...
algorithms that are learning our preferences to customize our experiences in fact at home we have choice and so we choose to do business with companies that have really figured out how to personalize their news shopping
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Are we in control of our...
is that we actually don't know our preferences that well. And because we don't know our preferences that well, we're susceptible to all of these influences from the external the defaults, the particular options that are presented to us, and so on. One more example of this. People believe that when we deal with physical attraction,
Video examples
Inside OKCupid: The math...
then it compares your choices and preferences to other people's in simple, mathematical ways. This, the ability to take real-world phenomena and make them something a microchip can understand, is, I think, the most important skill anyone can have these days. Like you use sentences to tell a story to a person,
Video examples
How bees help plants...
Generalist pollinators have to adapt their preferences depending on who's flowering when. So from one flowering season to the next, the participants and patterns of matchmaking can drastically change. With all those variables, you can understand the importance of generalist pollinators,
Video examples
How do focus groups...
focused on the nature of people's preferences and thoughts. It couldn't tell marketers what percentage of people buy a certain product or brand, but it could tell them more about the people who do, their reasoning for doing so, and even the unconscious motivations behind those reasons.
Video examples
How cohousing can make...
Two other times, I show up and help my team with the preparation and cleanup. And all those other nights, I just show up. I have dinner, talk with my neighbors, and I go home, having been fed a delicious meal by someone who cares about my vegetarian preferences.
Video examples
A brief history of...
Through the mid-20th century, members of the community would, if possible, make their funerary preferences known in advance, sometimes requesting that family members gather to consume the body after death. Tragically, though these rituals honored the deceased,
Video examples
Can you solve the...
now there are four possible results. You can tell the people who flip heads twice in a row to report support for the troll; those who get tails twice in a row to report dragon; and those with any other combination to declare their true preference.
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Can you be awake and...
But in recovery, they showed a strong preference for sleep across both hemispheres, suggesting that it was more restorative for them. Dolphins, on the other hand, have been observed to maintain high levels of alertness for at least five days.
Video examples
Deadly Spider Bite! PIPE...
largest spiders in the world sometimes reaching a foot in diameter with a fearsome appearance and a painful bite to match roughly eight hundred tarantula species live around the globe their preference for warm climates makes
Video examples
Upgrading management...
algorithms that are learning our preferences to customize our experiences in fact at home we have choice and so we choose to do business with companies that have really figured out how to personalize their news shopping
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Sophie Okonedo
British Actress
I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
We know from scientific studies that infants as young as six months old can distinguish right from wrong and have a preference for the good over the bad. I think it's important to design our education and our schools around that insight, to bring out the best in our kids.
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Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.
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Richard Hayne
American Businessman
While stores continue to be a very important part of our business, there is no mistaking the fact that the customers' shopping preference, measured by both traffic and sales, continues to move to a virtual experience.
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Jenny Slate
American Actress
That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.
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Kristin Armstrong
American Athlete
If your husband asks what you think, tell him. If you have a preference, voice it. If you have a question, ask it. If you want to cry, bawl. If you need help, raise your hand and jump up and down.
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Janet McTeer
English Actress
I've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age... It's the qualities of their character.
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Nina Jacobson
American Businesswoman
We owe it to the audience to put more characters onscreen that reflect them and that speak to issues of race and gender as well as to a character's sexual preference.
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Princess Nokia
American Musician
I prefer my partner to have profound, deep intellect, a profound education, but where their education comes from is no preference of my own.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.
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Sophie Okonedo
British Actress
I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
We know from scientific studies that infants as young as six months old can distinguish right from wrong and have a preference for the good over the bad. I think it's important to design our education and our schools around that insight, to bring out the best in our kids.
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Tim Berners-Lee
English Inventor
My own personal preference is that the consumer, the individual person should be protected because individual people and the difference between individual people and the diversity we have between people on the planet is so important.
Quote examples
Richard Hayne
American Businessman
While stores continue to be a very important part of our business, there is no mistaking the fact that the customers' shopping preference, measured by both traffic and sales, continues to move to a virtual experience.
Quote examples
Jenny Slate
American Actress
That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.
Quote examples
Kristin Armstrong
American Athlete
If your husband asks what you think, tell him. If you have a preference, voice it. If you have a question, ask it. If you want to cry, bawl. If you need help, raise your hand and jump up and down.
Quote examples
Janet McTeer
English Actress
I've always thought it's the qualities of a person that matter. Not their breed, their shape, their color, their sexual preference, age... It's the qualities of their character.
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Nina Jacobson
American Businesswoman
We owe it to the audience to put more characters onscreen that reflect them and that speak to issues of race and gender as well as to a character's sexual preference.
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Princess Nokia
American Musician
I prefer my partner to have profound, deep intellect, a profound education, but where their education comes from is no preference of my own.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.
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