单词	prefatory
释义	prefatory adjective pref·​a·​to·​ry ˈpre-fə-ˌtȯr-ē  1 : of, relating to, or constituting a preface prefatory remarks 2 : located in front Synonyms beginning introductory precursory prelim preliminary prelusive preparative preparatory primary See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The speaker made some prefatory remarks. Each chapter in the book has a prefatory quotation. Recent Examples on the Web Venice opens with a prefatory poem recalling a trip from Beirut to Cyprus, the birthplace of Aphrodite. Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 What might have gone down as an odd concert experience was energized by Taylor’s prefatory joke inviting us to imagine FBI agents singing this song during their recent search at Mar-a-Lago. W. Anthony Sheppard, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022 After this prefatory video ends, a door automatically slides open, giving access to a chamber that evokes the exterior of Tut’s royal tomb, the only largely intact one ever found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 June 2022 These prefatory remarks are by way of setting up the following chronology — without any claims of causation. Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 The chronicle that results, as Mitenbuler explains in a prefatory note, also appears at a moment when, for the first time in the history of the form, everything is available. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020 Ferry provides some heartfelt prefatory remarks on meter and the aims of the translation, but there is no formal introduction about the poem’s historical setting or literary tradition, no glossary or list of names. Denis Feeney, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Latin praefari First Known Use 1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1 prefatory adjective as in preparatory coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows in prefatory remarks he offered his own definition of "civilization", a word subject to a variety of interpretations Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance preparatory preliminary introductory beginning precursory preparative primary prefacing prelim basic prelusive preceding warning preparing early previous introducing fundamental elementary premonitory prior readying ahead former Antonyms & Near Antonyms subsequent following after behind
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