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prefering

prefering is the misspelling of preferring.

Meaning of preferring

Noun

preferring (plural preferrings)

  1. A preference; the choice of something preferred.
    • He gives our preferrings the bad name of the machinery of motives, but they are just what we feel in ourselves when we decide.1984, Steven M. Cahn, Patricia Kitcher, George Sher, Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy, page 497

Questions about prefering

What is prefering the misspelling of?
Prefering is the misspelling of preferring.

Words near prefering in the dictionary

  1. preferentialities
  2. preferentiality
  3. preferentially
  4. preferer
  5. preferers
  6. prefering
  7. preferist
  8. preferists
  9. preferment
  10. preferment-hunting
  11. prefermentation

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