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preferential
What does preferential mean?
preferential (adjective): manifesting partiality.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use preferential in a sentence?
- He asked her to give him preferential treatment. (Tatoeba sentence #4753801 by garborg, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does preferential come from?
From Medieval Latin preferentia + -al.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to preferential
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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manifesting partiality
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dead; having lost life
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able to read and write
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covered in mist; foggy
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