PREFERRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preferred mean? 

• PREFERRED (adjective)
  The adjective PREFERRED has 2 senses:

1. more desirable than another

2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality

  Familiarity information: PREFERRED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREFERRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

More desirable than another

Synonyms:

preferable; preferred

Context example:

Danny's preferred name is 'Dan'

Similar:

desirable (worth having or seeking or achieving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Preferred above all others and treated with partiality

Synonyms:

best-loved; favored; favorite; favourite; pet; preferent; preferred

Context example:

the favored child

Similar:

loved (held dear)

 Context examples 

I preferred to stay at home and write letters.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Lipoma-preferred partner (612 aa, ~66 kDa) is encoded by the human LPP gene.

(Lipoma-Preferred Partner, NCI Thesaurus)

In cases in which it is impossible to prove clonality and there is no increase in blast cells, the diagnosis of "idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome" is preferred.

(Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

This allele, which encodes lipoma-preferred partner protein, may play a role in cell motility and cell shape.

(LPP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

We can give Mr. Copperfield seventy-two, sir, if it would be preferred.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It suited Mary best to think Henrietta the one preferred on the very account of Charles Hayter, whose pretensions she wished to see put an end to.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The preferred standard treatment for a particular condition.

(First-line therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A stored copy of genetic information of a species in a preferred environment for conservation purposes.

(Gene Bank, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to the C-terminal proline-rich region and all three LIM domains of the lipoma-preferred partner protein.

(HMGA2/LPP Long Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to LIM domains 2 and 3 of the C-terminal portion of the lipoma-preferred partner protein.

(HMGA2/LPP Short Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)