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preference
[pref-er-uhns, pref-ruhns]
noun
the act of preferring.
the state of being preferred.
that which is preferred; choice.
His preference is vanilla, not chocolate.
Synonyms: ,a practical advantage given to one over others.
a prior right or claim, as to payment of dividends or to assets upon dissolution.
the favoring of one country or group of countries by granting special advantages over others in international trade.
preference
/ ˈprɛfrəns, ˈprɛfərəns /
noun
the act of preferring
something or someone preferred
law
the settling of the claims of one or more creditors before or to the exclusion of those of the others
a prior right to payment, as of a dividend or share in the assets of a company in the event of liquidation
commerce the granting of favour or precedence to particular foreign countries, as by levying differential tariffs
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonpreference noun
- self-preference noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of preference1
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Example Sentences
According to Daniel Byman, from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, Israel's move represents a new willingness to go against American preferences in the region.
"He doesn't like to get into the detail," one Arab diplomat told me, underlining the president's preference for quick easy deals in what are deeply complex conflicts.
So if large language models demonstrate a preference for em dashes, it’s because they have been trained on books and other writing whose authors embraced them first.
New ways of testing for AI sentience are emerging, and a recent pre-print study on a sample of large language models, or LLMs, demonstrated a preference for avoiding pain.
However, it all depends on individual taste preferences.
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