pref.

American  

abbreviation

1. preface.

2. prefaced.

3. prefatory.

4. preference.

5. preferred.

6. prefix.

7. prefixed.

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pref. British  

abbreviation

1. preface

2. preference

3. preferred

4. prefix

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Example Sentences

Praise, all great art, act, and thought is, pref. v.

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John

Disobedience destroys power of understanding, 1857 pref. x.

From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John

So in his pref. to Adam de Domerham de reb. gest.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Anger = koler‑o; pref. ek- denotes beginning; suf. -iĝ denotes becoming. 5Foolishness.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John

Vanim, 103 Van Mildert, pref. vi, xv.; on moral causes of doubt, 13, 345.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey