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prefer v. 1 favour, like better, fancy, lean or incline towards or on
the side of, be inclined, be partial to, pick, select, opt for,
choose, single out, take a fancy to, embrace, espouse, approve,
esteem: Which flavour do you prefer, chocolate or coffee? I
should prefer to take my own car. 2 present, offer, propose,
proffer, advance, submit, tender, put forward, file, lodge,
enter: They preferred charges against the hooligans for
criminal damage.
preference
n. 1 favourite, choice, selection, desire, option, pick: My
preference is the Dover sole meuniŠre. 2 partiality,
proclivity, prejudice, favouritism, predilection, liking, fancy,
predisposition, bent, inclination, leaning: She shows a marked
preference for short men.
preferential
adj. advantageous, biased, prejudiced, favourable, privileged,
partial, better, favoured, superior: What entitles her to
preferential treatment?
pregnant adj. 1 gravid, parturient, expectant, (heavy) with child,
enceinte, Colloq expecting, in a family way, Brit preggers,
Slang having a bun in the oven, Brit in the (pudding) club, up
the spout: Her twins are only seven months old and now she's
pregnant again. 2 charged, fraught, loaded, weighty,
significant, meaningful, suggestive, eloquent, expressive,
pointed: Although she said nothing, her smile was pregnant with
meaning. 3 fruitful, teeming, fertile, fecund, rich, abounding,
replete, productive: My mind was so pregnant with ideas that I
couldn't wait to get down to work.
prehistoric
adj. 1 primordial, primal, primeval, primitive, earliest,
early, antediluvian, Noachian or Noachic, fossil, ancient: The
prehistoric remains of yet another skeleton have been found in
the peat bogs. 2 antiquated, out-dated, old-fashioned, pass‚:
My mother makes me wear these absolutely prehistoric clothes to
school.
prejudice n. 1 partiality, preconception, prejudgement, bias, leaning,