præfer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of præfer

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to præfer
Participle: præferred
Gerund: præferring

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipræfer
youpræfer
he;she;itpræfers
wepræfer
youpræfer
theypræfer

Perfect

Ihave præferred
youhave præferred
he;she;ithas præferred
wehave præferred
youhave præferred
theyhave præferred

Past

Ipræferred
youpræferred
he;she;itpræferred
wepræferred
youpræferred
theypræferred

Pluperfect

Ihad præferred
youhad præferred
he;she;ithad præferred
wehad præferred
youhad præferred
theyhad præferred

Future

Iwill præfer
youwill præfer
he;she;itwill præfer
wewill præfer
youwill præfer
theywill præfer

Future Perfect

Iwill have præferred
youwill have præferred
he;she;itwill have præferred
wewill have præferred
youwill have præferred
theywill have præferred

Subjunctive

Present

Ipræfer
youpræfer
he;she;itpræfer
wepræfer
youpræfer
theypræfer

Perfect

Ihave præferred
youhave præferred
he;she;ithave præferred
wehave præferred
youhave præferred
theyhave præferred

Imperfect

Ipræferred
youpræferred
he;she;itpræferred
wepræferred
youpræferred
theypræferred

Pluperfect

Ihad præferred
youhad præferred
he;she;ithad præferred
wehad præferred
youhad præferred
theyhad præferred

Conditional

Present

Iwould præfer
youwould præfer
he;she;itwould præfer
wewould præfer
youwould præfer
theywould præfer

Perfect

Iwould have præferred
youwould have præferred
he;she;itwould have præferred
wewould have præferred
youwould have præferred
theywould have præferred

Imperative

youpræfer
weLet's præfer
youpræfer

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam præferring
youare præferring
he;she;itis præferring
weare præferring
youare præferring
theyare præferring

Perfect

Ihave been præferring
youhave been præferring
he;she;ithas been præferring
wehave been præferring
youhave been præferring
theyhave been præferring

Past

Iwas præferring
youwere præferring
he;she;itwas præferring
wewere præferring
youwere præferring
theywere præferring

Pluperfect

Ihad been præferring
youhad been præferring
he;she;ithad been præferring
wehad been præferring
youhad been præferring
theyhad been præferring

Future

Iwill be præferring
youwill be præferring
he;she;itwill be præferring
wewill be præferring
youwill be præferring
theywill be præferring

Future Perfect

Iwill have been præferring
youwill have been præferring
he;she;itwill have been præferring
wewill have been præferring
youwill have been præferring
theywill have been præferring

Conditional

Present

Iwould be præferring
youwould be præferring
he;she;itwould be præferring
wewould be præferring
youwould be præferring
theywould be præferring

Perfect

Iwould have been præferring
youwould have been præferring
he;she;itwould have been præferring
wewould have been præferring
youwould have been præferring
theywould have been præferring

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'præfer'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'præfer'

prefer, profer, pilfer, preferr, proffer, refer, broker, buffer, coffer, confer,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences

  • I præfer Tulli before Cæsar in writing Latin; do I therefore disable or disalow Cæsar? And yit I do not so præfer Tulli nether but that Cæsar in sum on point, as in lepore, brevitate or the like mai pas and excel Tulli. [1573–1580, Gabriel Harvey; quoted in 1965 by Edward John Long Scott, in Letter-book of Gabriel Harvey, A.D. 1573–1580 (Johnson Reprint Corporation), page 7]
  • This day the Earle of Rothes, Chancellor, (Sir Wᵐ Bruce’s name is in the gift of non-entrie,) gain’d his action againſt my Lord Melvill and his 2ᵈ ſone; the Lords found Melvill’s ſone could not be ſerved air of tailzie to the laſt Countes of Leven during the poſſibility of a 2ᵈ ſone of my Lord Chancelor’s body, (for the devill moſt byde his day,) and præfers Sir Wᵐ Bruce’s gift. [1677 February 20, John Lauder of Fountainhall, Manuscript 548; quoted in 1848 by David Laing, in Historical Notices of Scotish Affairs (T. Constable), page 140]
  • One discendit of a noble father and mother is euer to be præferred to him quho is onlie procreat of one noble parent, of wich of the two so euer it be. Cod. de Silentiariis lib. 12. L. 1. Menochius Consill. 126. Nobilis, Num. 12. lib. 2. [1837, James Balfour, James Maidment, Ancient Heraldic and Antiquarian Tracts, page 14, § 57:]
  • Clytia (as Perottus witneſſeth) was a glorious Nimph, and thereof had her name : for κλέος in greeke ſignifieth glorie : and therfore ſhe aſpired to be the loue of Sol him ſelfe, who præferring Leucothoe before her, ſhe was in ſhort ſpace ouergonne with ſuch extreemitie of care, that by compaſſion of the Gods ſhee was tranſformed into a Marigolde; which is ſignificantlie called Heliotropium, becauſe euen nowe after change of forme ſhee ſtill obſerueth the riſing and going downe of hir beloued the ſunne, as Ouid mentioneth,
  • Illa ſuum, quamuis radice tenetur, [1869, a publication of the Spenser Society, reprinted in 1967 by Thomas Corser (editor), in Zepheria (Ayer Publishing), page IX]