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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | prelude |
| 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 |
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