Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with preferable in American Collocation
preferable
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈpref(ə)rəb(ə)l/
to a large degree
far
greatly
highly
infinitely
much
vastly
Having 70 people moving smoothly and quickly on a bus is far preferable to having 70 single-occupant cars blocking the whole road.
clearly
clearly
obviously
Wilhelm Stekel’s method of psychoanalysis is, in my experience, often clearly preferable to Freud’s or Adler’s.
in a particular way
environmentally
morally
The aim is to identify environmentally preferable products that meet basic quality specifications.
usually
generally
normally
often
usually
Paracetamol is usually preferable, as it is less likely to have unwanted side effects, and costs less.
definitely
certainly
definitely
surely
But if we allow ourselves to be influenced by the convenience argument, some methods are certainly preferable to others.