preface
noun/ˈprefəs/
/ˈprefəs/
- an introduction to a book, especially one that explains the author’s aims compare foreword
- preface to something I read it in the preface to her new book.
- in a preface In his preface he claimed that he had created a new kind of music.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praefatia, alteration of Latin praefatio(n-) ‘words spoken beforehand’, from the verb praefari, from prae ‘before’ + fari ‘speak’.Want to learn more?
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