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preferred (root: prefer)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective preferred has 2 senses
- preferred(s = adj.all) preferable - more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
- preferred(s = adj.all) best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent - preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
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