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Definition: Preference |
PreferenceNoun1. A strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney". 2. A predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation". 3. The right or chance to choose: "given my druthers, I'd eat cake". 4. Grant of favor or advantage to one over another (esp to a country or countries in matters of international trade such as levying duties). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preference" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Satire | PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another. An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die. "Because," he replied, "death is no better than life." It is longer. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Economics | 1.A creditor's right to be paid before other creditors of the same debtor. 2. A trade preference is the granting of a preferred status to some or all of the goods of a preferred country, such as lower rates of duty or admissibility of goods in quantities over and above those normally permitted. (references) |
Mining | A familiar term under the public land laws meaning exclusive. (references) |
Public Administration | The giving of higher priority to answering a particular class of calls even though a call of another class may have been waiting longer. Not equivalent to "right of way" or "precedence". (Gloss. of Comm. , Em. Smith). Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: PreferenceSynonyms: druthers (n), orientation (n), penchant (n), predilection (n), taste (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: privileging (business, finance). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Choice | Preference, prelation, opinion poll, survey; predilection; (desire). |
By choice, by preference; in preference; rather, before. | |
Precedence | Antecedency; anteriority; (front); precursor; priority; precession; anteposition; epacme; preference. |
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Screenplays | Preference noted. (Loom; writing credit: Brian Moriarty) In your case, honest sir, such a preference is unavoidable. (Algiers; writing credit: Henri La Barthe; John Howard Lawson) | |
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 | Salmonella typhi, the bacterium responsible for causing Typhoid Fever, has a preference for the gallbladder, and if present will colonize the surface of gallstones, which is how people become long term carriers of the disease. Credit: CDC. |  | 'O' party following a creek bed in preference to a muddy road Triangulation party of E. W. Eickelberg. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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Burke | Some decent, regulated pre-eminence, some preference given to birth, is neither unnatural nor unjust nor impolitic. |
Lord Edward Lytton | In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 6: No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Hence, they habitually appeal to society at large, without distinction of class; nay, by preference, to the ruling class. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Decisions will be arrived at on documentary evidence, but it will be open to the Tribunal to hear the parties in person, or according to their preference by their representatives approved by the two Governments, or by the agent referred to above, who shall be competent to intervene along with the party or to reopen and maintain a claim abandoned by the same. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hence a marked preference for the homely. |
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Health | Doctors can also look for hand preference -- a tendency to use either the right or left hand more often. (references) | |
This preference is based on technical factors including problems maintaining chronic hemodialysis access. (references) | ||
Choosing between these procedures involves the surgeon's preference and consideration of the patient's eating habits. (references) | ||
Business | Government preference is given to local industry. (references) | |
Brand preference is also based on the price factor. (references) | ||
This local preference will end up upon EU accession. (references) | ||
Children | Mexico | Topics included discrimination against persons with disabilities in Mexico City, but also: discrimination against women in Ciudad Juarez; discrimination against children and elderly in Monterrey; discrimination regarding sexual preference in Guadalajara; religious discrimination in Puebla; discrimination against migrants in Zacatecas; and ethnic/racial discrimination in Veracruz. (references) |
Cyprus | In the Greek Cypriot community, persons with disabilities who apply for a public sector position are entitled to preference if they are deemed able to perform the required duties and their qualifications equal those of other applicants. (references) | |
Bahrain | Child abuse is rare, as is public discussion of it; the preference of the authorities is to leave such matters within the purview of the family or religious groups. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | The law includes a stated official preference towards the Catholic Church and the Reform Church of Equatorial Guinea due to their traditional roots and historic influence in the social and cultural life of the populace. (references) |
Mali | However, registration confers no tax preference and no other legal benefits, and failure to register is not penalized in practice. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | There is some tension between the Government and some of the indigenous African churches because of the latter's preference for prayer over medical practices that result in the reduction of avoidable childhood diseases and deaths. (references) | |
Discrimination | Netherlands | The Constitution bans discrimination on the basis of any of these factors or political preference, and the Government generally is effective in enforcing these provisions. (references) |
Monaco | It differentiates between rights that are accorded to nationals (including preference in employment, free education, and assistance to the ill or unemployed) and those accorded to all residents, for example, freedom of religion and inviolability of the home. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | This requirement reflects the government's stated preference for foreign investors to bring capital into the country. (references) |
Human Rights | Nigeria | However, in practice fear of legal costs, delays, distance to alternative venues, and individual preference caused many litigants to choose the customary and Shari'a courts over the regular venues. (references) |
Yemen | By custom and preference, babies born in prison generally remain in prison with their mothers. (references) | |
China | Couples in rural areas generally are allowed to have a second child if the first is a girl, an exception that takes into account both the demands of farm labor and the traditional preference for boys. (references) | |
Minorities | Burma | There are social tensions between the Buddhist majority and the Christian and Muslim minorities, largely due to government preference (although not in law) for non-Buddhists during the period of British colonial rule and for Buddhists since independence. (references) |
Sri Lanka | There is no indication of preference in employment in the public sector on the basis of religion. (references) | |
Liberia | The private sector in urban areas, particularly in the capital, gives preference to Christianity in civic ceremonies and observances, and discrimination against followers of other organized religions spills over into areas of individual opportunity and employment. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | However, there are still certain restrictions in the communications field: under the cable television policy, preference in licensing is given to companies that are incorporated in Jamaica and in which majority ownership and controlling interest are held by Jamaican or CARICOM member-state nationals. (references) |
SOUTH AFRICA | Regulations also set a legal framework and formula for allowing preference points to HDIs when tendering for a Government Procurement contract. (references) | |
URUGUAY | A government decree establishes that local products or services of equal quality, and no more than ten percent more expensive than foreign goods or services, shall be given preference in government tenders. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | However, preference is given to ethnic Turkmen. (references) |
Turkmenistan | Observers believed that the Government's preference for ethnic Turkmen officials reflects a desire to overcome the Soviet period when Turkmen were treated as second class citizens. (references) | |
Trade | Bahrain | The government also nominally gives preference to Bahraini and GCC products up to a price differential of 10 percent, provided that standard specifications of kind and quality are met. (references) |
Travel | Azerbaijan | Hours may vary considerably depending on the preference of the individual businessperson. (references) |
Australia | Australia's vibrant, multicultural society offers cultural events to suit every preference. (references) | |
Women | Iceland | The law requires that preference be given to hiring and promoting women in areas where they are underrepresented, as long as they are equal in all other respects to male job seekers. (references) |
Worker Rights | Chile | Employers say that this is due to the workers' preference, distrust of union leaders, and loyalty to companies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels, and it would lessen risk as well as expense to be authorized to employ them of preference. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | In view of the dangers of such a surplus, and in preference to its application to internal improvements in derogation of the rights and powers of the States, the suggestion of an amendment of the Constitution to authorize its distribution was made. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I have approved establishment of priorities designed to assure an ample share of scarce materials to builders of houses for which veterans will have preference. |
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| "Preference" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.10% of the time. "Preference" is used about 2,114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.1% | 2,095 | 4,150 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.8% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,114 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "preference": cumulative preference shares ♦ give a preference over smb. ♦ give preference ♦ give preference to ♦ give the preference to ♦ in preference ♦ in preference to ♦ of one's preference ♦ preference share ♦ preference shares ♦ preference stock. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "preference": preference-belief. | |
Ending with "preference": first-preference, liquidity-preference, lower-preference. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "preference"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | preferencë (inclination, likes), parapëlqim, përparësi (antecedence, first refusal, pre eminence, precedence, precession, priority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حق ألإختيار, تفضيل (predilection), خيار (choice, cucumber, liberty, option), التمييز, الأفضلية (priority), الأولوية, أفضلية (advantage, bulge, odds, plus, priority, pull, vantage), أعطى الأولوية ل (prefer, prioritize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нещо което се предпочита, преимуществено право, предпочитание (affectation, partiality, predilection), предимство (advantage, antecedence, asset, leg up, pas, plus, precedence, priority, privilege, pull, right of way, score, start, vantage), право на избор (option, refusal), привилегия (franchise, incident, indulgence, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, pull, right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 特选, 偏愛 (favor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | priorita (precedence, priority), přednost (advantage, asset, merit, precedence, preeminence, priority, quality, reward, virtue), záliba (fondness, hobby, indulgence, liking, predilection, relish, speciality, specialty, strain, taste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | præferenceaktie (preference share, preference stock, preferred share, preferred stock, senior share), sidethed (right/left preference), sidedominans (right/left preference), omstoedelse (challenge, challenge of antecedent transactions, challenge to a fraudulent preference), lande,der nyder godt af Commonwealthpraeferencer (countries enjoying Commonwealth preference), lande,der er indroemmet Commonwealth praeferencer (countries enjoying Commonwealth preference), fortrinsstilling ved ansættelse og forfremmelse (preference as regards recruitment and promotion), B-aktie (preference share, preference stock, preferred share, preferred stock, senior share). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | prefs (pref.), preferente aandelen (pref.), pref. (pref.), voorkeur (preferential answering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مزیت (Advantage, Ascendency, Excellence, Prepayment, Privilege, Profit, Vantage), تقدم (Lead, Primacy), ترفیع (Elation, Lift, Mount, Preferment, Promotion, Raise, Upgrade), اولویت (Precedence, Premiership), رجحان (Excellence, Predilection, Predominance, Privilege), برتری (Advantage, Excellence, Excellency, Influence, Majesty, Power, Predominance, Prepayment, Primacy, Priority, Profit, Prominence, Supremacy, Trancscendent, Upperhand, Vantage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | etusija (precedence, priority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | privilège (privilege), priorité (precedence, priority), préférence, droit de priorité (preferential right, privilege), avantage particulier (preferential right, privilege, special privilege). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorzug (advantage, asset, excellence, merit, precedence, privilege, train before, train in front, virtue), vorliebe (affectation, bias, fondness, gusto, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, special liking), bevorzugung (favoritism, favouritism, preferableness, preferential treatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προτίμηση (bias, choice, fancy, penchant, predilection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ע"יפות (odds, precedence, preferability, priority, superiority, supremacy), זכות ק"ימ" (precedence, priority), "ע"פ" (partiality, predilection, preferability, surplus), בכור" (birthright, precedence, primogeniture, priority, seniority), ראשו ות (antiquity, being the first, primacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kedvezmény (allowance, reduction), előny (advantage, asset, benefit, boot, gain, good, purchase, start). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pilihan (alternative, choice, dibs, dilemma, elective, option, selection), kecenderungan (inclination, predisposition, tendency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | privilegio (honor, honour, privelege, privilege), preferenza, vantaggio speciale (particular benefit, preferential right, privilege, special advantage, special benefit, special privilege), diritto di preferenza (preferential right, privilege). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 趣味 (hobby, tastes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プリファレンス , し"う (aim, carrying out, directional, draft of a poem, enforcing, execution, intention, liking, making an attempt, one's own thoughts or opinion, OO, personal conduct, supremacy, supreme, supreme filial piety, taste, thought, tooth tartar, waiting upon), しゅみ (hobby, tastes), ゆうせ"け" (preferential right, priority), ゆうせ" (brave fight, communicate by wire, desperate fight, mail boat, priority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 특혜. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malagasy | aleoko (my preference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tosheeaght (antecedence, precedence, priority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eferencepray privilegiado (chartered, gifted, preferential, prerogative, privileged), prioridade (antecedence, front burner, precedence, precedency, primacy, priority, priory, right of way, seniority), preferência (alternative, choice, fellow feeling, like, liking, option, palate), predileção (addiction, fondness, like, predilection, propensity), direito de prioridade, benefício (advantage, avail, behoof, benefaction, boon, gain, good, profit). (various references) prioritate (precedence, priority), preferinţã (choice, liking, particular, suffrage), regim preferenţial, alegere (alternative, balloting, choice, choosing, election, option, pick, return, selection, separation, voting). (various references) предпочтение. (various references) prvenstvo (antecedents, anteriority, championship, pas, precedence, prerogative, primacy, priority), prioritetan (preferred), prioritet (priority), preimućstvo (advantage, antecedents, asset, jump, lead, precedence, priority, vantage), preferencija, preferans, prednost (advantage, antecedents, availability, lead, one up, precedence), ono što se više voli. (various references) preferencia (choice). (various references) preferens, inställning (adjustment, approach, attitude, configuration, feeling, outlook, posture, tuning). (various references) yeğleme (predilection), yeğ tutma (predilection), tercih hakkı, tercih (choice, dish, fondness, I prefer, option, predilection), rüçhan hakkı (priority, privilege, refusal), imtiyazlı hisse senedi, öncelik (antecedence, precedence, primacy, priority). (various references) вибір (adoption, alternative, assortment, choice, option), преференція, преферанс, привіле"ве право, перевага (advantage, allowance, ascendant, asset, benefit, boon, bulge, capital, convenience, easement, excellence, excellency, odds, overbalance, overweight, precedence, precedency, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, privilege, pull, purchase, start, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, vantage). (various references) sự thích hơn. (various references) blaenoriaeth (precedence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "preference": preferences. (additional references) | |
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"Preference" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perference, preferance, prefereance, preferentem, prefernce, preferrance, preferrence, preformence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "preference" (pronounced pre"feruns or pre"fruns) |
| 7 | -r e" f er u n s | reference. |
| 6 | -e" f er u n s | deference. |
| 5 | -f er u n s | conference, difference, indifference, inference. |
| 4 | -er u n s | belligerence, deliverance, endurance, exuberance, furtherance, ignorance, intolerance, irreverence, protuberance, reverence, severance, temperance, tolerance, utterance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, defiance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
| 5 | -f r u n s | circumference, teleconference, videoconference. |
| 4 | -r u n s | abhorrence, adherence, appearance, assurance, Clarence, clearance, coherence, disappearance, entrance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, hindrance, incoherence, insurance, interference, noninterference, perseverance, preponderance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, reinsurance, remembrance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, clairvoyance, coexistence, cognizance, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, intelligence, interdependence, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, relevance, reliance, reluctance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-n-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: reference. | |
-3 letters: creeper, preener, refence, referee. | |
-4 letters: fencer, prefer, reefer. | |
-5 letters: creep, crepe, fence, freer, frere, pence, preen, refer. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-e-f-n-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: preferences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e f e r e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847172718471806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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