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preface::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foreword, prolusion |
| Type of | introduction |
| Derivation | prefatorial |
Examples of preface
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It is in the preface and the conclusion that his real argument is made explicit.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Some guessed it was the poet Percy Shelley, who had written the novel's preface.
From the newsweek.com
In her new preface Warner sketches out the unexpected reasons why this might be.
From the guardian.co.uk
Let me preface this post with the fact that I am currently employed by Best Buy.
From the forbes.com
There is a preface by Ray Bradbury, and some glossy prints of the original cast.
From the time.com
The preface to Vaughan's Silex Scintillans does all but proclaim this influence.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A preface to the poem outlines the basics of the Linnaean classification system.
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Almost every printing that includes the second preface also includes the first.
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Poet John Greenleaf Whittier had been invited to provide a preface but refused.
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- Foreword: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
- 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"
- A preface (adjectival form: "prefatory") 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. ...
- Jessica Leigh Harp (born on February 3, 1982) is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. ...
- Preface is the opening to the first volume of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka by Nikolai Gogol, written in 1832.
- In liturgical use the term Preface is applied to that portion of the Eucharistic Prayer that immediately precedes the Canon or central portion of the Eucharist (Mass or Divine Liturgy). ...
- The Preface is the debut album of Hip-Hop rapper Elzhi, released 12 August, 2008 on Fat Beats Records. It features many other Detroit's MCs including Royce Da 5'9", Andy "Bells" Pickens, Guilty Simpson and Black Milk. ...
- Prefaces (Danish: Forord) is a book by Su00F8ren Kierkegaard published under the pseudonym Nicolaus Notabene. The meaning of the pseudonym used for Prefaces, Nicholaus Notabene, was best summed up in his work Writing Sampler, where Kierkegaard said twice for emphasis, u201CPlease read the following preface, because it contains things of the utmost importance...
- The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book; To introduce or make a comment before the main point
