preferring Definition

prefer
verb preferred, preferring

1. To like someone or something better than another

Example: Would you prefer tea?
Example: I prefer tea to coffee.
Thesaurus: favour, like better, choose, opt for, pick, back, advocate, endorse, fancy, would rather, would sooner, single out, incline toward, want, select; Antonym: reject.
2. law.
To submit (a charge, accusation, etc) to a court of law for consideration.
3. formal
To promote someone, especially over their colleagues.

Etymology: 14c: from French préférer, from Latin praeferre to place before, especially in terms of esteem.

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Prefer should be followed by to, not than, as in He prefers tea to coffee.