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preface
[ pref-is ]
noun
- a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
Antonyms:
- an introductory part, as of a speech.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- something preliminary or introductory:
The meeting was the preface to an alliance.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- Ecclesiastical. a prayer of thanksgiving, the introduction to the canon of the Mass, ending with the Sanctus.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with or introduce by a preface.
- to serve as a preface to.
preface
/ 藞辫谤蓻蹿瑟蝉 /
noun
- a statement written as an introduction to a literary or other work, typically explaining its scope, intention, method, etc; foreword
- anything introductory
- RC Church a prayer of thanksgiving and exhortation serving as an introduction to the canon of the Mass
verb
- to furnish with a preface
- to serve as a preface to
Derived Forms
- 藞辫谤别蹿补肠别谤, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫谤别蹿顎僡肠路别谤 noun
- 耻苍路辫谤别蹿顎僡肠别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of preface1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Let me preface any answer by saying, I suppose I鈥檓 trying to make sense of it like anybody.
It鈥檚 much bigger, it鈥檚 much more luxurious, there鈥檚 a new forward, Kara Swisher has written a preface, and there鈥檚 a few extra photos in there.
Oddly, in the last proofs of the book before it was withdrawn, the minister had actually added a preface, praising Jul's "malicious touch and razor-sharp eye."
And so he prefaces that he鈥檚 not trying to be a 鈥減retentious a鈥斺 when explaining the appeal of his chocolate but adds that after making some initial batches, he went on a chocolate-buying spree.
Footage from the trial is prefaced by a brief explanation of the shooting, including pictures of Hutchins and Souza.
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