preferable
UK/ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹə.b(ə)l/
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Australia/ˈpɹef.(ə.)ɹə.b(ə)l/
preferable adjective: better than some other option; preferred.
Adjective
preferable (comparative more preferable, superlative most preferable)
- Better than some other option; preferred.
- This work has been the care and ſtudy of ſome years; as far as health, and other affairs, would permit. For, this appeared, to the author, of as much greater importance, than any other hiſtory whatever; as morality and religion are more excellent, than any temporal affairs; and the hiſtory of true...1756, George Benson, “The Præface. To the First Edition.”, in The History of the First Planting of the Christian Religion: Taken from the Acts of the Apostles, and Their Epistles. Together with the...
- It is not to the point that an inequality of material goods, at high levels, may not be preferable to an equality of material goods at a lower level, precisely for such reasons as self-respect.2007, Ted Honderich, On political means and social ends, →ISBN, page 94
preferable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada
preferable in Tamil
- கோரத்தக்க, தாக்கல் செய்யத்தக்க, முன்னிடத்தக்க
preferable in Marathi
- श्रेयस्कर
preferable in Malayalam
- വരണയോഗ്യമായ, ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ, കൂടുതൽ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്ന, മികച്ച, മെച്ചപ്പെട്ട
preferable in Kannada
- ಆರಿಸಲು ಯೋಗ್ಯನಾದ, ಮೇಲು, ಅರ್ಹನಾದ, ಉತ್ತಮ, ಬಯಸತಕ್ಕ, ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಒಲವಿನ
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- preferable in Sanskrit
- श्रेयस् śreyas
- preferable in Arabic
- مُفَضَّل mufaḍḍal, أَفْضَل ʔafḍal
Examples of preferable in a sentence
- Live inshell scallops are preferable to frozen scallop meats.
- For many at Captivate, this job was preferable to a specific other.
- At first glance, thinking well of yourself seems obviously preferable to thinking poorly of yourself.
Forms of preferable
| comparative | more preferable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most preferable |
| alternative form | preferrable |
| alternative form (archaic) | præferable |
Origin of preferable
From prefer + -able, probably after Middle French preferable. Compare preference, preferential, etc.
Words formed from preferable
Questions about preferable
- What does preferable mean?
- Preferable means better than some other option; preferred.
- What is preferable in Tamil?
- Preferable in Tamil is கோரத்தக்க, தாக்கல் செய்யத்தக்க, முன்னிடத்தக்க. See Preferable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is preferable?
- Preferable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce preferable?
- Preferable is pronounced /ˈpɹɛf.(ə.)ɹə.b(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near preferable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preferable (page history and authors); preferable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preferable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preferable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preferable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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