prefer

verbB1UK [pɹɪˈfɜː] US [pɹɪˈfɝ]

To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.transitive
To advance, promote (someone or something).dated, transitive
To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").transitive

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Example sentences2007 results

My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.

Johnson is a recluse; he prefers to isolate himself from the rest of the students in our class.