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Webster 1913 Edition
Preferable
Pref′er-a-ble
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
préférable
.] Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable;
as, a
. preferable
schemeAddison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Preferable
PREF'ERABLE
,Adj.
1.
More excellent; of better quality; as, Madeira wine is preferable to claret.Definition 2024
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See also: préférable
English
Alternative forms
- præferable (archaic)
- preferrable
Adjective
preferable (comparative more preferable, superlative most preferable)
- Better than some other option; preferred.
- 2007, Ted Honderich, On political means and social ends, ISBN 0748618406, page 94:
- 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.
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Derived terms
Translations
Better than some other option
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