preface
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈprɛfəs/
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prefacio
- During his lifetime, Vitoria published only prefaces to the works of others.
- the preface of his book
- the Preface to Lyrical Ballads
- preface and introduction
Going back to the preface, you know a little bit.
- Going back to the preface, you know a little bit.
- The entire work up until this point minus of course the preface and the introduction.
- And what it is is First off, you want to paint the the problem with your preface.
- And that was what when Oceander writes the preface to Rate de Revolucioni was to try and keep Copernicus out of trouble with the Church, right.
- And in the preface, he says, nothing pleases me more than the fact that this book will now be available to the French working class.
- To write the preface and the and a foreword.
Examples
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Anyway, I found this story in the preface for Crime and Punishment.
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So I got to tackle the first part of the book, which is the preface, the introduction.
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The preface is pretty well written.
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This is after the preface but before chapter one: "A Word of Explanation."
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The first section, the "Preface," contains simply the "Poems of Failure" as they were written in 1967.
Academic text (2013) -
Hewat offers an explanation of his motives in the preface to his own work.
Academic text (2015) -
Sheldon Ross indicates in the preface that no previous background of probabilities required.
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In the preface, she refers to the American housewife as, and I quote, "A pathetic slamhound with no notion of self-worth whatsoever."
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Quoting Isaac Newton and Edmund Burke in his preface, Taylor underscored the international sources and timelessness of such truths.
Academic text (2008) -
In the preface, the author explains the inspiration behind the story.
Synonyms
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2.1
The first part of a book, speech, or essay that explains the topic
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3.2
A short speech that makes someone known and starts an event
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4.7
A short introduction at the start of a book that explains what it is about, written by someone else
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9.5
A short introduction at the start of a book, poem, or speech
A short introduction before the main part of a book
An introduction at the start of a book that explains its main ideas
A short note at the start of a book that explains its background
Antonyms
- Literature
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6.0
A short section at the end of a book or play that tells what happens after the story
How Introductory
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word preface comes from the Latin parts pre- 'before' and facere 'to make', so a preface is something 'made before' the book and acts as a short introduction that explains the purpose or background.