Preferable
adjective
More desirable or suitable in comparison to something else.
Studying during the day is preferable to studying at night for some students.
Often appears as...
- preferable to
- more preferable
adjective
More desirable or suitable in comparison to something else.
Studying during the day is preferable to studying at night for some students.
Often appears as...
- preferable to
- more preferable
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Suitability
Use 'preferable' to express that one thing is more suitable than another, often because of specific qualities or circumstances.
Walking is preferable to driving in heavy traffic.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Preference
'Preferable' conveys a mild and not strong preference, suggesting a gentle recommendation rather than a command.
Using public transport is preferable for the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
'Preferable' often depends on context and personal opinions, so its use can be subjective.
For allergy sufferers, hardwood floors are preferable to carpet.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Suitability
Use 'preferable' to express that one thing is more suitable than another, often because of specific qualities or circumstances.
Walking is preferable to driving in heavy traffic.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Preference
'Preferable' conveys a mild and not strong preference, suggesting a gentle recommendation rather than a command.
Using public transport is preferable for the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
'Preferable' often depends on context and personal opinions, so its use can be subjective.
For allergy sufferers, hardwood floors are preferable to carpet.
Pro Tip 1/3Comparative Suitability
Use 'preferable' to express that one thing is more suitable than another, often because of specific qualities or circumstances.
Walking is preferable to driving in heavy traffic.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Preference
'Preferable' conveys a mild and not strong preference, suggesting a gentle recommendation rather than a command.
Using public transport is preferable for the environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
'Preferable' often depends on context and personal opinions, so its use can be subjective.
For allergy sufferers, hardwood floors are preferable to carpet.
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The Survival of the Sea...
as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam, preferably a patch of floating seaweed.
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How we can make crops...
Much of Africa, in fact, much of the world, is going to be in trouble. We're going to have to think of some very smart ways of producing food. And preferably among them, some drought-tolerant crops. The other thing to remember about Africa is that most of their agriculture is rainfed.
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How the mysterious dark...
you pay with the crypto-currency bitcoin, you enter an address -- preferably not your home address -- and you wait for your product to arrive in the post, which it nearly always does. And the reason it does is not because of the clever encryption. That's important.
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Rana el Kaliouby: This...
this face has the same characteristics of a smile, and it says, "Aha, I recognize this. This is a smile expression." So the best way to demonstrate how this technology works is to try a live demo, so I need a volunteer, preferably somebody with a face.
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Amory Lovins: We must...
by making it very cheaply possible for low-income families to get efficient, reliable, warranted new cars that they could otherwise never get. And for each car so financed, scrap almost one clunker, preferably the dirtiest ones.
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Out of Your Depth PIPE...
the depth perception that your stereoscopic vision provides is one of the most important tools in your visual toolbox to illustrate just how useful it is try this simple experiment take two coins preferably of the same size and
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Safari Live - Day 59 PIPE...
like to see some frogs and be some bullfrogs feasting upon them two bats oh no no maybe not that I said that that's preferable small insects I've never seen a microchiroptera vet eating a term I sometimes I talk
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How to make hard choices...
that we get to exercise our normative power -- the power to create reasons for yourself, to make yourself into the kind of person for whom country living is preferable to the urban life.
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Coffin Maker PIPE National...
new then it can't be rushed think about the design the people here believe a funeral is the culmination of a person's entire life and that it's preferable to incur lifelong deaths than
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Fighting war and...
accompanies this and you're invited to dance rather than kill under the light of God disco is preferable in 2006 I kept a blog during the israeli
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The Survival of the Sea...
as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living, the vulnerable turtles swim frantically forward. Ultimately, they will often look to settle in a patch of flotsam, preferably a patch of floating seaweed.
Video examples
How we can make crops...
Much of Africa, in fact, much of the world, is going to be in trouble. We're going to have to think of some very smart ways of producing food. And preferably among them, some drought-tolerant crops. The other thing to remember about Africa is that most of their agriculture is rainfed.
Video examples
How the mysterious dark...
you pay with the crypto-currency bitcoin, you enter an address -- preferably not your home address -- and you wait for your product to arrive in the post, which it nearly always does. And the reason it does is not because of the clever encryption. That's important.
Video examples
Rana el Kaliouby: This...
this face has the same characteristics of a smile, and it says, "Aha, I recognize this. This is a smile expression." So the best way to demonstrate how this technology works is to try a live demo, so I need a volunteer, preferably somebody with a face.
Video examples
Amory Lovins: We must...
by making it very cheaply possible for low-income families to get efficient, reliable, warranted new cars that they could otherwise never get. And for each car so financed, scrap almost one clunker, preferably the dirtiest ones.
Video examples
Out of Your Depth PIPE...
the depth perception that your stereoscopic vision provides is one of the most important tools in your visual toolbox to illustrate just how useful it is try this simple experiment take two coins preferably of the same size and
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 59 PIPE...
like to see some frogs and be some bullfrogs feasting upon them two bats oh no no maybe not that I said that that's preferable small insects I've never seen a microchiroptera vet eating a term I sometimes I talk
Video examples
How to make hard choices...
that we get to exercise our normative power -- the power to create reasons for yourself, to make yourself into the kind of person for whom country living is preferable to the urban life.
Video examples
Coffin Maker PIPE National...
new then it can't be rushed think about the design the people here believe a funeral is the culmination of a person's entire life and that it's preferable to incur lifelong deaths than
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Fighting war and...
accompanies this and you're invited to dance rather than kill under the light of God disco is preferable in 2006 I kept a blog during the israeli
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Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor.
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Steve Eisman
American Businessman
We need the government to force the banks to write down all their bad assets now and then recapitalize themselves, preferably with private capital. Those banks that cannot raise sufficient capital should be seized and their deposits sold off.
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Bernard Cornwell
British Novelist
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Whether greater cybersecurity requires a greater sacrifice of our digital freedoms is an important debate that we should be having, preferably with all the facts in front of us.
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Rebecca Traister
American Author
It's important to remember that, while poverty certainly makes single life harder, it also makes married life harder - so much harder that single life might be preferable.
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Yami Gautam
Indian Actress
I generally like to wear my hair down, preferably with soft curls. But when I'm having a bad hair day, I like to wear my hair in French braids or fishtail braids.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.
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Zebulon Pike
American Soldier
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
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Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor.
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Steve Eisman
American Businessman
We need the government to force the banks to write down all their bad assets now and then recapitalize themselves, preferably with private capital. Those banks that cannot raise sufficient capital should be seized and their deposits sold off.
Quote examples
Bernard Cornwell
British Novelist
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.
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Evgeny Morozov
Belarusian Writer
Whether greater cybersecurity requires a greater sacrifice of our digital freedoms is an important debate that we should be having, preferably with all the facts in front of us.
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Rebecca Traister
American Author
It's important to remember that, while poverty certainly makes single life harder, it also makes married life harder - so much harder that single life might be preferable.
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Yami Gautam
Indian Actress
I generally like to wear my hair down, preferably with soft curls. But when I'm having a bad hair day, I like to wear my hair in French braids or fishtail braids.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
I have always reckoned the dignity of the republic of first importance and preferable to life.
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Zebulon Pike
American Soldier
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
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