preferable

      See also préférable

      English

      Alternative forms

      • præferable (archaic)

      Etymology

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      Pronunciation

      • (UK) IPA: /prɛf.rə.bʊl/, /prɛ.fɜː(r).ə.bʊl/

      Adjective

      preferable (comparative more preferable, superlative most preferable)

      1. Better than some other option; preferred.
        • 2007, Ted Honderich, On political means and social ends, ISBN 0748618406, page 94:
          It is not to the point that an inequality of material goods, at high levels, may not be preferable to an equality of material goods at a lower level, precisely for such reasons as self-respect.

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