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Grade 5
(pre-ferred) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to like one thing more than another.

Example Sentence

He preferred not to identify himself with that group.

More Example Sentences

She preferred reading books to watching TV.

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preferred
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Rhymes

  • bird
  • blurred
  • burd
  • byrd
  • curd
  • ferd
  • gerd
  • gird
  • gjerde
  • heard
  • herd
  • hird
  • hurd
  • jerde
  • kurd
  • leard
  • nerd
  • purred
  • slurred
  • spurred
  • stirred
  • third
  • word

  • abjured
  • absurd
  • alward
  • chauffeured
  • concurred
  • conferred
  • deferred
  • demurred
  • deterred
  • incurred
  • inferred
  • interred
  • misheard
  • occured
  • occurred
  • prefered
  • preferred
  • recurred
  • referred
  • reword
  • transfered
  • transferred
  • uncured
  • unheard

  • overheard
  • undeterred
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