preface
/ˈpɹɛfəs/noun, verb2 syllables
Preface means: furnish with a preface or introduction.
Synonyms for preface5
What does preface mean?2
verb
1
furnish with a preface or introduction“She always precedes her lectures with a joke”
noun
1
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Preface in a sentence
- This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.unknown
- He wrote a fine preface to the play.menaud
- He said a few words by way of preface.unknown
- A book without preface is like a body without a soul.CK
- A book without a preface is like a body without a soul.Rawrren
- The preface of the book is written in the Kabyle language.Aghanim
- Who wrote the preface for this book?Aghanim
- Who wrote the preface to his book?anzart
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of preface
as a noun
- plural
- prefaces
as a verb
- past tense
- prefaced
- present participle
- prefacing
- third-person singular
- prefaces
- past participle
- prefaced