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Meaning of "preferability" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PREFERABILITY

ˌprefərəˈbɪlɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREFERABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preferability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREFERABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of preferability in the English dictionary

The definition of preferability in the dictionary is the quality or state of being preferred or more desirable.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREFERABILITY

ability · accessibility · accountability · availability · capability · compatibility · disability · durability · eligibility · flexibility · inability · liability · mobility · nobility · possibility · probability · reliability · responsibility · stability · visibility

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREFERABILITY

prefer · preferable · preferableness · preferably · preference · preference shares · preference stock · preferential · preferential voting · preferentialism · preferentialist · preferentiality · preferentially · preferment · preferrable · preferred · preferred ordinary shares · preferred stock · preferrer · preferring

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREFERABILITY

agility · credibility · facility · feasibility · fertility · functionality · hostility · humility · inevitability · instability · merchantability · profitability · suitability · susceptibility · sustainability · tranquility · usability · utility · variability · versatility · vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of preferability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «preferability» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PREFERABILITY

Find out the translation of preferability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of preferability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preferability» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

适宜性
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

preferibilidad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

preferability
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

preferability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأفضلية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

предпочтительность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

preferability
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

preferability
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

préférabilité
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keutamaan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Präferenz
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

好ましさ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

preferability
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Preferensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preferability
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

preferability
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्राधान्यता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tercih edilebilirliğini
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

preferibilità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

preferability
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

перевагу
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

preferabile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προτιμητέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

preferability
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

föredra ur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preferability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preferability

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFERABILITY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of preferability
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preferability

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREFERABILITY»

Discover the use of preferability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preferability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Accountants' Handbook, Financial Accounting and General Topics
(h) PREFERABILITY LETTER. The first Form 10-Q, quarterly financial statements, filed with the SEC subsequent to an accounting change, must include a preferability letter prepared by the company's accountants. A preferability letter for a ...
D. R. Carmichael, O. Ray Whittington, Lynford Graham, 2007
2
Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study
1 Epistemic Preferability We may think of the theory of evidence as a branch of the theory of preference, or, more accurately, of the theory of right preference, or preferability. Let us take epistcmic preferability as our undefined epistemic concept ...
Roderick M. Chisholm, 2002
3
The Good Representative
In the fifth and final section, I defend my account of preferability by arguing that democratic citizens need decent choices of democratic representatives. Choices are decent when the slate of possible candidates includes representatives whose  ...
Suzanne Dovi, 2012
4
Preferences
ALLAN GIBBARD Preference and Preferability* Abstract: What does "good" mean ? The paper starts with two vague truisms: That goodness is a matter of preferability, and that of two things, the preferable one is the one it is rational to prefer.
Christoph Fehige, Ulla Wessels, 1998
5
Object Categorization for Affordance Prediction
3.4 Preferability: Affordance Learning from Examples In the second task, we consider a situation in which a human operator is driving a robot through an unknown outdoor environment. One can typically expect the robot to stay on easily ...
Jie Sun, 2008
6
A History of Muslim Historiography
Seventh aspect: Establishing preferability through something outside the given habar and all that belongs to it, such as establishing preferability on the basis of the fact that most of the ancients acted in accordance with that particular habar.
Franz Rosenthal, 1968
7
Friendship and Agent-relative Morality
Unlike Nagel's account, then, the Moral Preferability Account does not provide a sharp distinction between reasons which are agent-relative and reasons which are agent-neutral. Instead, the agent-relativity of a moral reason is, on this view, ...
Troy A. Jollimore, 2001
8
Sec Disclosures Checklists 2009
Preferability Facts: Rule 10-01(b)(6) of Regulation S-X requires that a registrant who makes a material change in its method of accounting shall indicate the date of and the reason for the change. The registrant also must include as an exhibit in  ...
Ronald G. Pippin, 2009
9
Communication in Political Campaigns
to increase a candidate's perceived preferability, attacks tend to reduce an opponent's preferability, and defenses may restore lost preferability. All three functions work to make one candidate appear preferable to another. We must realize that ...
William L. Benoit, 2007
10
Defending Class Actions in Canada
The preferability requirement under the Canadian statutes corresponds to the " superiority" requirement in Rule 23(b)(3) of the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, while Rule 23(b)(3) requires a finding that common ...
‎2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREFERABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preferability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Foster families lost on path to parenthood
Oum Sophanara said that the government recognised the preferability of in-country care, and was training a group of social workers to carry out ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
2
"A Mirage Of Judicial Economy" – BCSC Applies A More Rigorous …
Mr. Justice Funt has refused to certify Vaugeois v. Budget Rent-A-Car of BC Ltd., 2015 BCSC 802 on the basis of preferability. This is a ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
3
Preferability and the private company alternatives
However, an objective basis for determining preferability among alternative accounting principles has not been established, so those ... «Journal of Accountancy, Jun 15»
4
PCC considers unconditional first-time option for election of …
The Private Company Council (PCC) on Tuesday asked FASB's staff to analyze a possible elimination of the preferability requirement for ... «Journal of Accountancy, May 15»
5
The Individual Nature Of Medical Device Litigation
This case is significant given the court's preferability analysis and its consideration of the multitude of other potential causes of injury to the ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 15»
6
French Broad Food Co-op begins planning expansion
“I think the co-op has the potential to show the city of Asheville and visitors to Asheville the benefit and preferability, even, of a cooperative ... «Mountain Xpress, Mar 15»
7
Neil Levy's 2nd Leverhulme Lecture: “The Science of Self-Control”
Levy argues that science is indicating the preferability of a self-management view. Levy began by reviewing a leading view in the psychology of ... «Practical Ethics, Mar 15»
8
British Columbia Court Of Appeal Applies "Workable Methodology …
Focusing on the issues of commonality and preferability however, the Court concluded that the plaintiffs had not met their burden because they ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Feb 15»
9
India Toiletries and Household Cleansing Market Outlook to 2019 …
The preferability for the non-ionic surfactants with their inherent bio-friendly properties and degradability are also likely to make headway in the household care ... «PR Newswire, Feb 15»
10
KItsap Sun Week In Photos: 1/22-2/3
He said Wilson is so cute, Her grandkids bought her a Seahawks tee shirt of Christmas but she wanted another one, preferability a long sleeve. LARRY ... «Kitsap Sun, Feb 15»
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