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  • 1which — [hwich, wich] pron. [ME whiche < OE hwylc, hwelc, for * hwa lic, lit., who like (akin to Goth hwileiks, OHG hwelīh, Ger welch): see WHO & LY1] 1. what one (or ones) of the number of persons, things, or events mentioned or implied? [which of… …

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  • 2WHICH — adj. & pron. interrog.adj. asking for choice from a definite set of alternatives (which John do you mean?; say which book you prefer; which way shall we go?). rel.adj. being the one just referred to; and this or these (ten years, during which… …

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  • 3prefer */*/*/ — UK [prɪˈfɜː(r)] / US [prɪˈfɜr] verb [transitive] Word forms prefer : present tense I/you/we/they prefer he/she/it prefers present participle preferring past tense preferred past participle preferred [never progressive] to like or want someone or… …

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  • 4prefer — pre|fer [ prı fɜr ] verb transitive *** never progressive to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else: Which do you prefer, the red or the blue one? prefer someone/something to someone/something: Even today, most… …

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  • 5prefer — 01. I much [prefer] locally made beer to the kind made by the big breweries. 02. Francis thought marmalade on toast was [preferable] to strawberry jam. 03. I would like to travel to Europe next spring, [preferably] to Italy. 04. Joseph likes… …

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  • 6prefer*/*/*/ — [prɪˈfɜː] verb [T] to like or want someone or something more than someone or something else Which do you prefer, the red or the blue one?[/ex] Even today, most Americans prefer coffee to tea.[/ex] Do you prefer to exercise indoors or out of… …

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  • 7prefer — 1. The inflected forms of the verb are preferred, preferring, but other derivatives have a single r (preferable, preferably, preference, preferential, preferment). 2. When the subject of prefer is the same as that of a following subordinate verb …

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  • 8You shall not steal — is one of the Ten Commandments,[1] of the Torah (the Pentateuch), which are widely understood as moral imperatives by legal scholars, Jewish scholars, Catholic scholars, and Post Reformation scholars.[2] Though usually understood to prohibit the… …

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  • 9Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (film) — Infobox Film name = Gentlemen Prefer Blondes caption = Theatrical Poster director = Howard Hawks producer = Sol C. Siegel writer = Anita Loos (novel and play) Joseph Fields (play) Charles Lederer starring = Jane Russell Marilyn Monroe music =… …

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  • 10Catch Me If You Can — Infobox Film name = Catch Me if You Can caption = director = Steven Spielberg producer = Steven Spielberg Michel Shane Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald writer = Book: Frank Abagnale Stan Redding Screenplay: Jeff Nathanson starring = Leonardo… …

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