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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of event |
| Synonyms: | commencement, curtain-raiser, exordium, foreword, intro, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelusion, preparation, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, start |
| Antonyms: | ending, epilogue, postlude |
| Main Entry: | foreword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction to a document |
| Synonyms: | exordium, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue |
| Notes: | the foreword is written by someone other than the author; the preface is written by the author or editor preface and foreword were once considered the same (Latin praefari 'speak before,' Germanic/Anglo-Saxon vorwort 'preface') but now preface is written by the author and foreword by someone else |
| Antonyms: | addendum, epilogue, postscript |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
| Synonyms: | addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, foreword, hornbook, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | overture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, approach |
| Synonyms: | advance, bid, conciliatory move, exordium, foreword, invitation, offer, opening, preamble, preface, prelude, prelusion, presentation, proem, prologue, proposal, proposition, signal, suggestion, tender |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, finish |
| Main Entry: | preface |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
| Synonyms: | beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, overture, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue |
| Notes: | the foreword is written by someone other than the author; the preface is written by the author or editor preface and foreword were once considered the same (Latin praefari 'speak before,' Germanic/Anglo-Saxon vorwort 'preface') but now preface is written by the author and foreword by someone else |
| Antonyms: | appendix, conclusion, ending, epilogue, finish |
| Main Entry: | preliminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introductory event; beginning |
| Synonyms: | first round, foundation, groundwork, initiation, introduction, opening, preamble, preface, prelims, prelude, preparation, start |
| Antonyms: | closing, conclusion, finale |
| Main Entry: | prologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preface |
| Synonyms: | beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, prelude, proem, prolegomenon |
| Main Entry: | proem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
| Synonyms: | foreword, opening, preface, prelude, prologue |
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