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preface
('pr/E/f/I/s )

noun (n)

  • a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    foreword, prolusion
    source: wordnet30
  • Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • furnish with a preface or introduction(verb.communication)
    Example:
    He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution.
    Synonym:
    introduce, precede, premise
    source: wordnet30
  • To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make a preface.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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