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# preferential

«preferential» in Mova's school dictionary: **giving one person or group better treatment than others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (preferential)

### meaning for a pupil

Preferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is used when someone gets special treatment, which may feel unfair; in maths and economics, preferential prices or rates are lower or better. Phrases: preferential treatment, preferential rates.

### examples

- The teacher's son should not get preferential treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x1)
- Members got preferential prices for tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x2)
- It is unfair to give preferential treatment to friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x3)
- Older people get preferential seats on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x4)
- The club had preferential booking for families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x5)
- Should the captain get preferential treatment? No, everyone should be treated fairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/#x6)

### note

From «prefer» and «preference». Often with «treatment». It can be fair (for those in need) or unfair (favouritism).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preferential» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.