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noun | verb prefacepreface1 /ˈprɛfɪs/ ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYpreface1Origin: 1300-1400 French préface, from Latin praefatio, from praefari to say before eng. lang. arts an introduction at the beginning of a book or speech noun | verb prefacepreface2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEpreface |
Present | I, you, we, they | preface | | he, she, it | prefaces | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | prefaced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have prefaced | | he, she, it | has prefaced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had prefaced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will preface | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have prefaced |
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Present | I | am prefacing | | he, she, it | is prefacing | | you, we, they | are prefacing | Past | I, he, she, it | was prefacing | | you, we, they | were prefacing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been prefacing | | he, she, it | has been prefacing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been prefacing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be prefacing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been prefacing |
formal to say or do something before the main part of what you are going to say: Al-Hosni prefaced his speech with a phrase from the Koran. |