"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(3) company, man, league
Kolokacji: 3
(7) method, solution
Kolokacji: 2
(8) music, jazz
Kolokacji: 2
(9) charge, thing, cash
Kolokacji: 3
(10) privacy, solitude, isolation
Kolokacji: 3
(12) wine, beer
Kolokacji: 2
(14) shade, car
Kolokacji: 2
(15) forest, coffee, Coke
Kolokacji: 3
(16) temperature, flower, term
Kolokacji: 3
(17) color, condition
Kolokacji: 2
(18) England, English
Kolokacji: 2
(19) life, story
Kolokacji: 2
(20) word, negotiation, diplomacy
Kolokacji: 3
1. prefer words = wól słowa prefer words
  • Pataki presents himself as a accommodationist, a leader who prefers friendly negotiations to unseemly squabbling.
  • Sava Tekelija was in opposition to the military demands, preferring negotiations with the Emperor.
  • Two of his colleagues told the Cadena Ser radio station, however, that the specialists had not wanted direct assault, preferring a long siege and negotiations.
  • Herrera preferred peaceful negotiations.
  • In recent years, he said, Democrats have had an onus of preferring negotiations to war, "and the Republicans have been very quick to use it."
  • The Admiral of Castile preferred negotiations and exhausting all the possible peaceful options first.
  • Senanayake was a man who preferred behind-the-curtain negotiations instead of confrontational public hearings.
  • He says he prefers negotiations with the Palestinians, but is prepared to act unilaterally.
  • This conflict, again, did not develop into an open war as Algirdas preferred negotiations to fighting.
  • He prefers behind-the-scene negotiations to the public stage.
3. prefer diplomacy = wól dyplomacja prefer diplomacy
(21) meal, tea, policy
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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