to preface
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4.9
- verb
- /ˈprɛfəs/
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prefaciar
- I just want to preface what I have to say about Jack with something else.
- prefaced by a remark
- prefaced by a statement
- prefaced his work
Though I really need to preface this with a quick warning.
- Though I really need to preface this with a quick warning.
- Great idea, yet let me just preface it with this.
- So yeah, that's This is why I preface this by saying it's ridiculous.
- But so I want to preface it with how grateful I am.
- OK, now let me, let me preface it by saying this.
- Now, is this premise prefaced by anything?
- So with disc and with Myers Briggs as well, you know, I would always preface it, you know, this is not who you are.
- Dude, I want to preface this particular episode by saying this.
- Now, I'm just going to preface this with I did not write this question, but it's here.
- And and I'll, you know, I'll talk to you about my faith, but I want to preface it with this.
- You know, it's it's again, we're back to let me preface this just really quickly so I don't, I don't lose people.
- And on top of that, I want to preface with the fact that you should train sales back to front.
- So if you think about it, I prefaced everything of like what's included.
Examples
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He decided to preface his speech with a personal story to engage the audience.
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But so I want to preface it with how grateful I am.
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Though I really need to preface this with a quick warning.
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Great idea, yet let me just preface it with this.
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OK, now let me, let me preface it by saying this.
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I was trying to preface what I was about to say.
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OK, I'll preface that by saying I also appreciate being invited back.
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Let me preface this by saying I'm not really sure.
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Let me preface by saying that before I started dating your mother... she hated the idea of marriage.
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So I'll preface this by saying we didn't expect all that much.
Synonyms
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2.1
To begin a talk, book, or event with a short opening
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4.1
Happen before something else in time or order
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6.0
To come before and introduce something larger
To give a short introduction before a speech or document
To give a short introduction before a play, book, or speech
To give a short introduction before a book or show
Antonyms
How Introductory
Surface Forms
Etymology
To preface something comes from the Latin parts pre- 'before' and facere 'to make', so to preface is to 'make before' and give a brief introduction or opening words before the main speech or text.