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Meanings of
preface
in English
Russian
предисловие
Portuguese
prefácio
Catalan
prefaci
Spanish
prefacio
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Introduction to a book or other literary work by the author.
foreword
prolusion
postface
Russian
предисловие
Portuguese
introduzir
Spanish
introducer
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Furnish with a preface or introduction.
introduce
premise
precede
Portuguese
introduzir
Synonyms
Examples for "
introduce
"
introduce
premise
precede
Examples for "
introduce
"
1
Ms Walker said the Government urgently needed to
introduce
debt mediation legislation.
2
In Britain, Labour promised to
introduce
free university education within a year.
3
The government plans to
introduce
legislation before the end of the year.
4
The best way to
introduce
this file is with a simple example:
5
Newspapers must
introduce
new work practices and substantially reduce costs, it says.
1
I always thought the
premise
could be explored a million different ways.
2
Smith said, That quaint
premise
was clearly established years ago, old friend.
3
However, that
premise
is light and can only sustain for so long.
4
Clearly this is someone unfamiliar with the basic
premise
of democracy itself.
5
This advertising model is essentially the economic
premise
of the modern internet.
1
That rule would not
precede
a deal with the EU, Massad said.
2
The meeting was meant to
precede
a possible Sharon-Abbas-Bush summit next week.
3
Training in the whole occupation must
precede
the exercise of the specialty.
4
Preventive strategies require a knowledge of risk factors that
precede
disease onset.
5
The repentance and the baptism
precede
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Usage of
preface
in English
1
Our author will not allow the error, but replies in his
preface
:
-
2
The three-page document now has a new, two-page
preface
- in English.
3
The days of patient waiting merely a
preface
to the fine life.
4
I will publish it immediately; with a
preface
stating the whole transaction.
5
The Author anticipated this objection in the
preface
to his earlier volume.
6
In the
preface
,
Mr Sadler excuses himself on the plea of haste.
7
This edition had a
preface
by the author in which he said:
8
In her
preface
to the English edition of this book she writes:-
9
Neither has the passage any connection with the rest of the
preface
.
10
In the first edition they forgot the
preface
,
which is very strange.
11
Theodore Kullak is curt and pedagogic in his
preface
to the Preludes.
12
You might take issue with the two-page
preface
to the British edition.
13
Now to tell how it began, but allow me one more
preface
.
14
The real name of the subject of this
preface
is Jacques-Anatole Thibault.
15
With that
preface
she told him what had happened in the library.
16
In the
preface
to Mrs. Eastman's book on the Dakotas we read:
Other examples for "preface"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
preface
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
further preface
brief preface
preface to
write a preface
short preface
More collocations
Translations for
preface
Russian
предисловие
Portuguese
prefácio
introduzir
preceder
Catalan
prefaci
pròleg
Spanish
prefacio
introducer
introducir
preceder
comenzar
anteceder
Preface
through the time
Preface
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common