pref.

abbreviation for

1. preface.
2. prefaced.
3. prefatory.
4. preference.
5. preferred.
6. prefix.
7. prefixed.

pref.

abbreviation for

1. preface
2. preference
3. preferred
4. prefix

Example Sentences

Exceptions.—X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled; and when the derivative does not retain the accent of the root, the final consonant is not always doubled: as, prefer' + ence = pref'erence.

From Literature

In a video posted on Pref Night, a freshman at Auburn University named Blake Wright who has been using the #BamaRush hashtag addressed her growing TikTok following this way: “Thank y’all for being so invested and so sweet this entire week. Honestly, if this was on my ‘For You’ page I would have to like, keep scrolling, ‘cause this is just too much for me. But hey, if y’all like watching it I’m not complaining.”

From New York Times

Perry Minasian new GM of the #Angels was best known for having Noah Syndegaard 1st on his pref list when he was with #BlueJays after seeing all top players.

From Los Angeles Times

In "Takeda City, Oita Pref.," for instance, the curved stone wall of an old dam reads as a sensuously twisting body — one slope, bleached dry, giving way to another, moss-moistened.

From Los Angeles Times

To make the most of whatever pref­erence Americans have for U.S.-made products, Wal-Mart has put everything on a “Made in America” section of its Web site where suppliers can post videos of how things are produced.

From Washington Post