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
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for preface is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does preface appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — preface appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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