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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. more desirable than another;
- Example: "coffee is preferable to tea"
- Example: "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
[syn: preferable, preferred]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Preferable \Pref"er*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]f['e]rable.]
   Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more
   desirable; as, a preferable scheme. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

preferable
    adj 1: more desirable than another; "coffee is preferable to
           tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'" [syn:
           preferable, preferred]