nnoun.communicationa short introductory essay preceding the text of a bookSynset:foreword prolusion
Derivationally Related Form:prefatorialpreface
Part Holonyms:text textual matter
Hypernyms:introduction
Inherited Hypernyms:forewordintroductionsectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:forewordintroductionsectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationfurnish with a preface or introductionSynset:introduce precede premise
Examples:- She always precedes her lectures with a joke
- He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
Derivationally Related Form:introductorypreface
Hypernyms:say state tell
Inherited Hypernyms:precedestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:preambleprologiseprologizeprologuize
Full Troponyms:preambleprologize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something