Definitions for Preface

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Preface pref·ace

Spelling: [pref-is]

IPA: /ˈprɛf ɪs/

Preface is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in Preface (aceefpr).

Definitions for Preface

noun

1. a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
2. an introductory part, as of a speech.
3. something preliminary or introductory:
4. Ecclesiastical. a prayer of thanksgiving, the introduction to the canon of the Mass, ending with the Sanctus.

verb (used with object)

1. to provide with or introduce by a preface.
2. to serve as a preface to.

Origin of Preface

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Medieval Latin prēfātia, for Latin praefātiō a saying beforehand, equivalent to praefāt(us) (past participle of praefārī to say beforehand; see

Examples for Preface

I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity.

Elizabeth Drew writes about that in the preface of her republished book about Nixon.

Contenting himself with this preface, Roderick began to read.

It forms the preface to an American edition of my so-called Fairy Tales.

The Maxims were first published in 1665, with a preface by Segrais.

“It is just notes and thinkings,” Fenn writes by way of preface.

His wife had been very ill when he wrote the preface; soon afterwards she was dead.

Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.

Drafts for the dedication, the preface, and for a work on Esthetics.

In his preface, Solomon suggests that other movements can learn from this one.