Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preferredness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-ferred-ness
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being preferred

Uncountable

noun

A measure of by how much one thing is preferred over another

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English preferred Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English preferredness From preferred + -ness.

Usage

Questions

What does preferredness mean?
The state of being preferred
Where does preferredness come from?
Etymology tree English preferred Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English preferredness From preferred + -ness.

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