preferred option
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreferredandoption
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preferred
adjective
uk/prɪˈfɜːd/us/prɪˈfɝːd/
liked or wanted more than ...
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option
noun
uk/ˈɒp.ʃən/us/ˈɑːp.ʃən/
one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make ...
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(Definition ofpreferredandoptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpreferred option
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If a respondent fails to choose the superior option as thepreferredoption, this could reflect the respondent's difficulty in understanding the experiment.
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Both aspects are directed and energized by the motivation to act on thepreferredoption.
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Using the discrete choice method, individuals are asked to make several pairwise comparisons of alternative scenarios and indicate which would be theirpreferredoption.
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The participants were requested to list the problems they faced in choosing theirpreferredoption.
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An alternative approach is the use of the benefitsto-costs ratio in which the highest ratio is deemed to be thepreferredoption(2).
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What is socially prestigious or pedagogically correct is not always thepreferredoptionfor many speakers.
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In choice experiments, respondents choose their mostpreferredoptionamong different alternatives.
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Hispreferredoptionis theory of mind ability, which underpins processes of cultural learning and cultural accumulation and transmission.
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It would then be up to the performers and/or composer of the work to decide whether this was thepreferredoption.
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Respondents are asked to choose theirpreferredoptionfrom each choice set.
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For these women, induction of labour with prostaglandins may be thepreferredoption.
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However, this does not make the military regime apreferredoption.
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A vacation together with their spouse may be thepreferredoptionfor some spouse/carers.
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Both trials that asked specifically about preferred form/place of care29,38 found that intermediate care was thepreferredoption.
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At least in this case, judicial independence is not apreferredoptioneven for the courts themselves.
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It should be noted, however, that punishment for rehabilitation is thepreferredoptionfor parents with retributive punishment just a fallback option.
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Of these various alternatives, air stripping of extracted water followed by thermal oxidation of the volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons was selected as thepreferredoption.
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Nor is 0 avoided in writing; rather, it appears to be thepreferredoptionfor all restrictive object relatives.
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