preferring

verb
  1. 1

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

    โ€œI prefer tea to coffee.โ€

  2. 2

    To advance, promote (someone or something).

  3. 3

    To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").

  4. 4

    To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).

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noun
  1. 1

    A preference; the choice of something preferred.

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