"prefer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prefer verbo

prefer + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 75
prefer soils • prefer water • prefer the company • prefer areas • prefer women • ...
prefer + preposición
Kolokacji: 18
prefer over • prefer by • prefer to • preferred for • prefer in • ...
prefer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
generally prefer • actually prefer • simply prefer • personally prefer • clearly prefer • ...
  • But that you would actually prefer children to result from such a union.
  • In a way, she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this.
  • There were moments, in the beginning, when I actually preferred her this way.
  • She knows that Paul actually prefers being with the middle classes.
  • Who actually prefers to see advertising for things they have no interest in?
  • On the other hand I actually prefer it that way from a design perspective.
  • "I would actually prefer to be out there," he said.
  • I can't help wondering whether the Society actually prefers to put down animals.
  • Has there ever been a writer who actually preferred not to be translated?
  • Johnson didn't think so; he actually preferred that Nixon win the election.
3. personally prefer = osobiście wól personally prefer
5. far prefer = daleko woleć far prefer
6. naturally prefer = naturalnie wól naturally prefer
8. definitely prefer = z pewnością wól definitely prefer
9. infinitely prefer = nieskończenie wól infinitely prefer
10. evidently prefer = wyraźnie wól evidently prefer
12. long preferred = długo woleć long preferred
13. increasingly prefer = coraz bardziej wól increasingly prefer
14. initially prefer = początkowo wól initially prefer
(2) simply, strongly, most, well
Kolokacji: 4
(3) greatly, vastly, normally
Kolokacji: 3

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