noun, verb
noun an introduction to a book, especially one that explains the author's aims
compareFOREWORD
verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (with sth) to provide a book or other piece of writing with a preface:
He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered. * Each chapter is prefaced by a quotation from Shakespeare.
2 ~ sth by / with sth
