preference
/ˈprɛf(ə)r(ə)ns/
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- Final e often stays silent
pre - fe - rence -> preference
(n) ဦးစားပေးမှု။
preference /'prefrǝns/ n
၁။ (က) [U,sing] ~ (for sth) နှစ်သက် မှု။ လိုလားမှု။ စိတ်ဝင်စားမှု။ ဦးစားပေးမှု။ It's entirely a matter of personal/ individual preference. ❍ Many people have expressed a clear/ definite/ marked/ strong preference for small-er schools. ❍ The most popular pets, in order of preference, are: dogs, horses, cats…(ခ) [C] အကြိုက်ဆုံးအရာ။ a study of consumer preferences.
၂။ [U] ဦးစားပေးမှု။ Employees who have worked here for many years will be given preference in the allocation of parking spaces.
❏ in preference to sb/ sth [IDM ] … ထက် ပိုကြိုက်လို့။ She was chosen in preference to her sister.
❏ preference shares (US preferred shares ) n [pl] (finance ) ဦးစားပေးအစု။ (သာမန်အစုများအတွက် အမြတ်ဝေစု မခွဲမီ အတိုးအညွန့် ရသောအစု)။
- [preference for] : A preference for small dogs
- [have a preference] : Either tomorrow or Wednesday is fine for me. Do you have a preference?
- [express a preference (for someone/something)] : The American military cautiously expressed a preference for joint action.
- [personal preference] : It’s really just a matter of personal preference which you choose.
- [in order of preference] : The voter marks the candidates 1, 2, 3 etc, in order of preference.
- The government’s preference is for a diplomatic solution.
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