exordium
noun
ex·or·di·um eg-ˈzȯr-dē-əm 
plural exordiums or exordia eg-ˈzȯr-dē-ə
: a beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition
exordial
eg-ˈzȯr-dē-əl
adjective 
Synonyms
- foreword
- intro
- introduction
- preamble
- preface
- prelude
- proem
- prologue
- prolog
- prolusion
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Example Sentences
in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from exordiri to begin, from ex- + ordiri to begin — more at order
First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined above
exordium
noun
as in preface
a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part in his exordium the author warns his readers that they should expect a radically different interpretation of the causes of the war Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- preface
- introduction
- foreword
- intro
- prologue
- proem
- prelude
- preamble
- prolog
- beginning
- commencement
- prolusion
- initiation
- outset
- start
- opening
- origination
- origin
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- epilogue
- postscript
- epilog
- envoy
- envoi
- conclusion
- aftermath
- end
- finale
- closing
- cessation
- termination
- finish
- close
- stop
- holographers
- holographic
- holographically
- holographies
- holographing
- holographs
- holography
- hologynies
- holohedra
- holohedral
- holohedron
- holohedrons
- holohemihedral
- holohyaline
- holoku
- holomastigote
- Holometabola
- holometabolic
- holometabolism
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- holometabolous
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- holomictic
- holomorphic
- holomorphoses