"prefer" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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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
  • Reports show that people prefer more action and less words.
  • I was given to think that you preferred plain words," she teased him.
  • And some artists actually prefer words to images.
  • They preferred less emotionally charged words like "problem" or "difficulty."
  • I think they prefer words like conclude, or annul.
  • There are still more of us who prefer printed words on paper to electronic impulses on the screen.
  • Warrior folk prefer words that are simple and direct.
  • He generally tried to avoid the sounds t and s and preferred shorter words to longer ones.
  • Given the choice, he preferred words to pictograms.
  • All Talk For those who prefer words to music, three series on the East End might please.
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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