preface
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.
is prefacing
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present progressiveof preface (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This explains the puzzling fact that the translator of Plato should so completely misunderstand the purpose of the dialogue he is prefacing.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
