How to Spell prefer
prefer
prefer - verb
- To promote or advance to a rank or position
- To like better or best
- To give (a creditor) priority
- To put or set forward or before someone : recommend
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"prefers sports to reading"
prefer - thesaurus
Synonyms: elect
Etymology
Middle English preferren, from Anglo-French preferrer, from Latin praeferre to put before, prefer, from prae- + ferre to carry