preference

preference
noun
1 (C, U) if you have a preference for something, you like it more than another thing: have a preference: We could eat Chinese, Italian, or Indian - do you have any preference? | have a preference for: I must admit I have a preference for younger men. | have no strong/particular preference (=not prefer one thing more than anything else) | express a preference (=say that you like one person or thing more than others): I asked her where she wanted to go on vacation, but she didn't express any preference.
2 (C) the thing that you like best in a group of things: Taste both drinks and make a note of your preference.
3 give/show preference to to treat someone more favourably than you treat other people: In allocating housing, preference is given to those who have young children.
4 in preference to if you choose one thing in preference to another, you choose it instead because you think it is better: Many people choose the train in preference to driving.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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