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Definition of preamble noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

preamble

noun

NAmE//priˈæmbl//

, NAmE//ˈpriˌæmbl//

[countable, uncountable] (formal)

an introduction to a book or a written document; an introduction to something you say The aims of the treaty are stated in its preamble. She gave him the bad news without preamble.

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