preface

Speech parts

1. preface - Noun

2. preface - Verb

Meaning

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.

The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.

To make a preface.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

introduction foreword prologue preamble beginning lead overture opening introduce preceding preliminary influx insertion premise precede
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Antonyms

appendix postscript finis end epilogue addendum
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Hypernyms

state say introduction tell

Hyponyms

preamble prologize prologuize prologise

Derivatives

prefaced Prefacing

Examples

[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. Christopher Hitchens

It is high time that I should pass from these brief and discursive notes about things in Flatland to the central event of this book, my initiation into the mysteries of Space. THAT is my subject; all that has gone before is merely preface. Edwin Abbott Abbott

What if the equality between us human being, in which we completely resemble one another, were that none of us really thinks about his being loved? Preface P. 166. Soren Kierkegaard

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors. James Rollins

The preface is the most important part of a book. Even reviewers read a preface. Philip Guedalla

Please don't read the preface for the teacher. Edmund Landau

Close letter words and terms

prefabricated house prefabrication prefabricator prefaceless prefacer prefacial