preface
Definitions
- A preliminary statement or essay introducing a book that explains its scope, intention, or background and is usually written by the author. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- An introductory section, as of a speech. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Something introductory; a preliminary. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- The words introducing the central part of the Eucharist in several Christian churches. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- To introduce by or provide with a preliminary statement or essay. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- To serve as an introduction to. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- To give a preface to; introduce by preliminary written or spoken remarks, or by an action significant of what is to follow. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- To say as a preface; write or utter in view or explanation of what is to follow. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- To front; face; cover. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- To give a preface; speak, write, or do something preliminary to later action. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- A statement or series of statements introducing a discourse, book, or other composition; a series of preliminary remarks, either written or spoken; a prelude. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- [cap, or lowercase] In liturgics, the introductory section of the anaphora; the solemn eucharistic thanksgiving and ascription of glory introducing the canon. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- A title; an introductory or explanatory epithet. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- To make a preface. intransitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- 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: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- a portion of the communion service, preceding the prayer of consecration, appointed for certain seasons. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- The
beginning orintroductory portion that comes before the maintext of adocument orbook . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary - To
introduce or make a comment before the main point. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary - a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0
- furnish with a preface or introduction verb …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0
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Etymology
- late 14c., from Old French preface "opening part of sung devotions" (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prefatia, from Latin praefationem (nominative praefatio) "fore-speaking, introduction," in Medieval Latin "prologue," noun of action from past participle stem of praefari "to say beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + fari "speak" (see fame (n.)).
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- Preface A preface or proem is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written by a different person is a foreword and precedes an author's preface. The preface often closes with acknowledgments of those who assisted in the literary work.
- Preface (disambiguation) Preface may refer to:Preface, an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. Preface (liturgy), portion of the Eucharistic Prayer that immediately precedes the Canon or central portion of the Eucharist
Translations from Ord
- prakataIndonesian
- 추천서문Korean
- ديباچوSindhi
- دیباچہUrdu
- tabarukuSwahili
- முன்னுரைTamil
- avant-proposSpanish
- avant-proposFrench
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