What is the meaning of preferred?

verb

• Like better; value more highly.
  • usage: "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
  • synonyms: prefer
• Select as an alternative over another.
  • usage: "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
  • synonyms: choose, prefer, opt
• Promote over another.
  • usage: "he favors his second daughter"
  • synonyms: prefer, favor, favour
• Give preference to one creditor over another.
  • synonyms: prefer

adjective

• More desirable than another.
  • usage: "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
  • synonyms: preferable
• Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
  • usage: "the favored child"
  • synonyms: favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, pet, preferent