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pri'fə:past tense, past participle - preferred; verb(to like better: Which do you prefer - tea or coffee?; I prefer reading to watching television; She would prefer to come with you rather than stay here.) foretrekke- preferably
- preferenceverb \/prɪˈfɜː\/1) foretrekke, like bedre, heller ville ha• ...is to be preferred...er å foretrekke2) helst\/heller ville gjøre\/ha• which would you prefer, tea or coffee?hva vil du helst ha, te eller kaffe?3) legge frem, sette frem, fremføre4) ( gammeldags) forfremmeprefer a charge against a person ( jus) rette en beskyldning\/anklage mot noen, politianmelde noenprefer before\/to legge frem forprefer to foretrekke fremforsynes bedre om enn, heller ville -
3 rather
1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) ganske, nokså, temmelig2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) heller, snarere3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) (eller) snarereheller--------temmeligadv. \/ˈrɑːħə\/, i betydning 4 også: \/ˌrɑːˈħɜː\/1) heller, helst• which would you rather have?nei, helst ikke\/jeg ser helst at jeg slipper2) snarere, snarest, rettere sagt3) ganske, nokså, temmelig, nesten, nærmest• I rather think that...jeg tror nesten at...4) (hverdagslig, som svar) ja visst, jo visst, absolutt, uten tvil, gjernerather than mer... enn, heller... enn
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