prelims
7.2
Pages at the start of a book that come before the main text, like the title page and copyright page
- noun
- /ˈpriːlɪmz/
- Jargon
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preliminares
- The prelims of the book included a detailed table of contents and an author's note.
Examples
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The prelims provided important information about the publication date and edition of the book.
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Before diving into the main chapters, I always read the prelims to understand the context.
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And in the first session week after the usual preliminaries, we said, well, let's just like brainstorm what is the poet?
Synonyms
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4.6
Pages at the start of a book, like the title page and table of contents
focuses on publication details like copyright rather than including a contents list
How Introductory
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prelims is short for preliminary and the pre- part means 'before', just like in preview, so prelims are the pages that come 'before' the main text of a book.