preferred
[adjective]
Synonyms: favorite, favored, popular, well-liked

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preferred ppl adjective. [prɪ'fǝ:d] LME.
[from PREFER + -ED¹.]
1. That has obtained preferment; advanced to high office; distinguished. (rare before 18.) LME.

2. Having a prior claim to payment. M19.
preferred share US = PREFERENCE share. preferred stock US = PREFERENCE stock.

3. Most favoured; desired by preference; spec. forming one of an officially approved series of sizes, values, etc. L19.
■ M. McCarthy Bourbon (Gus's preferred tipple).

4. Science. Of a property, attribute, or value of a system: exhibited more often than other possible ones. E20.
Nature The wind has a strongly preferred direction up and down the..Loch.
■ D. M. Adams The relative sizes of the ions in a crystal could be related to preferred coordination arrangements.

■ preferredness noun M19.

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