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Meaning preface meaning

What does preface mean?

preface

— noun (= foreword) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book — verb (= precede) furnish with a preface or introduction She always precedes her lectures with a joke He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution

Synonyms preface synonyms

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preface English » English

introduction foreword preamble prologue prelude precede introduce premise prolusion forward exordium title prolegomenon proem postscript opening go begin take up strike up start up start out start set in motion recite a prologue prolog primer prelusion preliminary prefatory note pref. overture originate opening statement open up open lede lead-in lead off lead launch intro initiate induction inaugurate head have precedence get started get going flag

Conjugation preface conjugation

How do you conjugate preface?

preface · verb

Examples preface examples

How do I use preface in a sentence?

Simple sentences

This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
He wrote a fine preface to the play.
A book without preface is like a body without a soul.

Movie subtitles

A preface. An empty foreword.
My new preface.
Yes, how your particular delusion is described, in the writings which preface the law. Before the law there stands a guard.
I want to preface this with an assurance to you.
I'll answer that, but I'd like to preface with a few other comments.
But I've come to talk to you without preface.
Do you know his preface to Mahogany?.
So by way of a preface to the scientific analysis, let me demonstrate some of the possibilities.
Preface to the French edition. Your father must have received the assignment to print it.
No, I'm just baring my soul as a preface to asking you to give me some silverware.
Look, I've decided to preface Sunday's show.
Preface.
It's a wonderful preface.
I am thanked in the preface.
The greater the pleasure the more important to preface it with a meal.
To what? - The new preface.
Let me preface this by saying you're not the only client at the Firm that I've had to call about this.
Lowell? Look, I've decided to preface Sunday's show.
Donald, let me preface this by saying that your Iowa Test scores are.
I've been asked to write the preface.
Are you writing the preface or the book?
Your preface.
I didn't even understand the preface.
And to preface this, we're not gonna sleep together tonight.
I'd like to preface what I'm about to tell you by saying that I don't wish to be second-guessing.
The new preface.
Yes, how your particular delusion is described, in the writings which preface the law.
What author would you like for the preface?
A preface for the Orloviches. - All right.
Donald. Let me preface this by saying that your Iowa Test scores are. intimidating.
He mentioned me in the preface, saying that I tributed. contributed balance and good sense.
Because it's a wonderful preface to a great Japanese meal.
And I should preface this by admitting that I'm so far up the ass of big business. I view the world as one giant colon.
In this book, the author presents a very simple substitution code in the preface.
All right, But I'm given to understand that when you have something awkward to discuss with someone, it's more palatable to preface it with banal chit chat.
I became so good to me preface I just know that I do.

News and current affairs

Indeed, in the preface to a recent collection of his speeches, Vajpayee wondered whether democracy had truly taken root in India.

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