"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 • ...
(1) over, by, to, for, in, ...
Kolokacji: 9
2. prefer by = woleć przez prefer by
  • You never had children and seem to prefer living by yourself.
  • Black voters preferred him by a ratio of nearly 9 to 1.
  • The results were similar to a survey in 1941, when Americans preferred a boy to a girl by a 38% to 24% margin.
  • There's no sign, as the management prefers recommendations by word of mouth.
  • We would much prefer a contemporary building by a fine architect, in scale with the district.
  • I prefer surfing by text and suspect many others do too.
  • I have heard from one or two members of our party that they would prefer to return to London, presumably by rail.
  • Asked about the best way to change their society, 56 percent said they preferred "gradual improvement by reforms."
  • So far, American users prefer cable over phone company broadband service by two to one.
  • It's often clear and very sweet and preferred by children.
7. prefer at = woleć przy prefer at
9. prefer from = woleć z prefer from
prefer + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
generally prefer • actually prefer • simply prefer • personally prefer • clearly prefer • ...

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