one thing over another

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keannu

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Is this "over" "instead of" or "above" or something? I roughly understand what it is, but it's hard to find it synonym.

ex)In choosing one thing over another, we make trade off. We give up one thing in order to have another...
 

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Is this "over" "instead of" or "above" or something? I roughly understand what it is, but it's hard to find it synonym.

ex)In choosing one thing over another, we make trade off. We give up one thing in order to have another...

"In preference to"
 
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