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preferable

/ˈprɛf(ə)rəb(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈprɛf(ə)rəb(ə)l/
preferable
Syllables
4 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

pre - fe - rab - le -> preferable

Myanmar meaning

ပို၍ လိုလားအပ်သော။

Full entry

prefer /prÇ'fɜ:(r)/ v (-rr-) ~ sth (to sth)

ပို၍ နှစ်သက်သည်။ တစ်ခုခုကို ရွေးချယ်သည်။ ဆန္ဒရှိသည်။ plants that prefer full sunlight ❍ 'Coffee or tea?'' I'd prefer tea, thanks. ' ❍ the preferred candidate ❍ I prefer sorbet to ice-cream. ❍ A local firm is to be preferred (to one from outside the area). ❍ I prefer my coffee black. ❍ She actually prefers to do things by herself. ❍ He decided he'd prefer not to say anything. ❍ Their father prefers them to be home early. ❍ I prefer walking to cycling. ❍ (Brit fml ) ❍ I would prefer that you did not/ prefer it if you did not print this story.
❏ preferable /'prefrǝbl/ adj (more နှင့်တွဲ၍မသုံး)။ ~ (to sth/ doing sth) ပိုမိုနှစ်သက်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်[သော]။ သင့်လျော်[သော]။ လိုလားဖွယ်ဖြစ်[သော]။ ပိုကောင်း [သော]။ Written authority is preferable. ❍ Anything was preferable to the strained atmosphere at home. ❍ He finds country life infinitely preferable to living in the city.
❏ preferably /'prefrǝbli/ adv ဖြစ်နိုင်က။ She wanted a cake, preferably one with chocolate icing. ❍ They want to buy a new house, near the university preferably.

More examples
  • Which do you prefer, the red or the blue one?
  • [much prefer someone/something] : I much prefer your hair like that.
  • [prefer someone/something to someone/something] : Even today, most Americans prefer coffee to tea.
  • [prefer to do something] : Do you prefer to exercise indoors or out of doors?
  • [prefer doing something] : I prefer working on my own.
  • [prefer someone to do something] : I’d prefer you to drive, if you don’t mind.
  • [prefer something (to be) something] : I prefer my curry a little spicier.
  • [would prefer (that)] : I’d prefer that the job were a little closer to my home.
  • [someone would prefer it if] : The doctor would prefer it if you could come a little earlier.
  • [something is to be preferred to something] : The original is definitely to be preferred to this inferior new version.
Synonyms
favor, have a preference, like better, rather, wish, fancy, desire, choose, adopt, advance, aggrandize, be partial to, be turned on to, cull, elect, elevate, finger, fix upon, go for, incline, mark, opt for, optate, pick, place, pose, present, promote, propone, proposition, propound, put, put forward, raise, select, single out, suggest, tag, take, tap, upgrade, would rather, would sooner
Antonyms
decrease, depress, disgrace, dislike, drop, hate, ignore, lessen, lose, lower, refuse, reject, spurn, stop, withhold
Cross references
favorhave a preferencelike betterratherwishfancydesirechooseadoptadvanceaggrandizebe partial tobe turned on tocullelectelevatefingerfix upongo forinclinemarkopt foroptatepickplaceposepresentpromote
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