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foreword

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fore·word  (fôrwrd, fr-)
n.
A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.

foreword [ˈfɔːˌwɜːd]
n
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) an introductory statement to a book
[literal translation of German Vorwort]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.foreword - a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
introduction - the first section of a communication

foreword
noun introduction, preliminary, preface, preamble, prologue, prolegomenon the foreword to this very special cookery book
Translations
foreword [ˈfɔːwɜːd] Nprefacio m, prólogo m

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foreword
nVorwort nt

foreword [ˈfɔːˌwɜːd] nprefazione f

foreword
n foreword [ˈfoːwəːd]
a piece of writing as an introduction at the beginning of a book; a preface The foreword was written by a famous scholar. voorwoord مُقَدِّمَه، تَصْدير предговор předmluva forord das Vorwort πρόλογος prefacio, prólogo eessõna پیش گفتار esipuhe avant-propos הַקדָמָה प्राक्कथन predgovor előszó prakata formáli prefazione 序文 서문, 머리말 pratarmė priekšvārds prakata voorwoord forord przedmowa prefácio prefaţă, cuvânt înainte предисловие predslov predgovor uvod förord คำนำ ön söz 序言,前言 передмова کتاب کے شروع میں تمہیدی کلمات lời nói đầu

to write a foreword (not forward ) to a book.



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I had given my foreword and sacred promise to your father, Edric the Franklin, that at the age of twenty you should be sent out into the world to see for yourself how you liked the savor of it.
And finally, the editor's foreword ended with: "We have not yet made up our minds entirely as to the merits of "Ephemera"; perhaps we shall never be able to do so.
 
 
 
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