Definitions for preferable
ˈprɛf ər ə bəl, ˈprɛf rə- or, often, prɪˈfɜr-prefer·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preferable, preferredadjective

   more desirable than another

   "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preferableadjective

   Better than some other option; preferred.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preferableadjective

   Eligible before something else. With to commonly before the thing refused.

   Etymology: preferable, Fr. from prefer.

   The stronger ties we have to an unalterable pursuit of happiness, which is greatest good, the more are we free from any necessary compliance with our desire, set upon any particular, and then appearing preferable good, till we have duly examined it. John Locke.

   Though it be incumbent on parents to provide for their children, yet this debt to their children does not quite cancel the score due to their parents; but only is made by nature preferable to it. John Locke.

   Almost every man in our nation is a politician, and hath a scheme of his own, which he thinks preferable to that of any other. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   Even in such a state as this, the pleasures of virtue would be superior to those of vice, and justly preferable. Francis Atterbury.

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1. preferable

   Preferable refers to something that is more desirable or favorable, or considered better or more beneficial than another (or others). It's something that one is likely to choose or have a preference for, due to its qualities, characteristics, or potential results.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preferableadjective

   worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. prfrable.]

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How to pronounce preferable?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say preferable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferable in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of preferable in a Sentence

1. Tony Brenton:

   For them, Assad, for all his disadvantages and for all his bloodiness and unpleasantness, is preferable to yet another country falling into Islamist hands.

2. Bruce Channing:

   As employers, more predictability and less spiking of rates from one year to the next is preferable.

3. John Wisniewski:

   The Legislature can legislate fire safety provisions, but the preferable option is to let the inspectors and the professionals do an examination of fire scene and come up with their report on the cause and how it spread, let's use that to make a case in the Legislature on why we could probably do better in preventing these types of conflagrations.

4. Robin Green:

   Dr. Joel Fleischman in nature. Not exactly the man you knew. He couldn't see past the Hudson River if he tried. He liked his fish smoked or preferable hand sliced from Zabars on a sliced bagel served with onions. Nature, to him, was an irritant. Birds didn't sing, they woke him up. A body of water wasn't life, it was a golf hazard..

5. Charles Cooley:

   When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the course involves pain and renunciation. It is like obedience to some external authority; any clear way, though it lead to death, is mentally preferable to the tangle of uncertainty.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=preferable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Preferable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=preferable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preferable
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=preferable