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preferredness

preferredness noun: the state of being preferred.

Noun

preferredness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being preferred
  2. A measure of by how much one thing is preferred over another

Origin of preferredness

From preferred + -ness.

Questions about preferredness

What does preferredness mean?
Preferredness means the state of being preferred.
What part of speech is preferredness?
Preferredness is a noun.

Words near preferredness in the dictionary

  1. preferred stock
  2. preferred stockholder
  3. preferred stockholders
  4. preferred stocks
  5. preferredly
  6. preferredness
  7. preferreds
  8. preferrer
  9. preferrers
  10. preferres
  11. preferrest

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