preface
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.
an introductory part, as of a speech.
something preliminary or introductory: The meeting was the preface to an alliance.
Ecclesiastical. a prayer of thanksgiving, the introduction to the canon of the Mass, ending with the Sanctus.
to provide with or introduce by a preface.
to serve as a preface to.
Origin of preface
1synonym study For preface
Other words for preface
2, 3 | preamble, prologue, prolegomena |
Opposites for preface
Other words from preface
- pref·ac·er, noun
- un·pref·aced, adjective
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How to use preface in a sentence
If there be not a tolerable line in all these six, the prefacer gave me no occasion to write better.
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry | John DrydenA conduct which will (as the prefacer says in governor Denny's case) for ever disgrace the annals of his administration.
An action which, as the prefacer says in another case, "posterity perhaps may find a name for."
The prefacer, with great art, endeavours to represent this number as insignificant.
With the price of this book neither the author nor the prefacer has anything to do.
The Footlights Fore and Aft | Channing Pollock
British Dictionary definitions for preface
/ (ˈprɛfɪs) /
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
to furnish with a preface
to serve as a preface to
Origin of preface
1Derived forms of preface
- prefacer, noun
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