foreword

a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book: A foreword is not generally written by the author of the book.

Not to be confused with:

forward – toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward: a forward motion

fore·word

(fôr′wərd)

A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.

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foreword

(ˈfɔːˌwɜːd)

(Journalism & Publishing) an introductory statement to a book

[C19: literal translation of German Vorwort]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fore•word

(ˈfɔrˌwɜrd, -wərd, ˈfoʊr-)

n.

a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book. Compare afterword.

[1835–45]

syn: See introduction.

foreword

An introduction, in which the author sets out his intentions, or written by another person giving an endorsement of the book or its author.

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Noun

foreword - a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

preface, prolusion

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

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

foreword

noun

A short section of preliminary remarks:

induction, introduction, lead-in, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prolegomenon, prologue.

Translations

مُقَدِّمَه، تَصْدير

předmluva

forord

Vorwort

alkusanatesipuhe

avant-propos préface

formáli

prefazione

pratarmė

priekšvārds

inleiding voorwoord

forord

предисловие

predslov

predgovor

ön söz

前言序言

foreword

[ˈfɔːwɜːd] N → prefacio m, prólogo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

foreword

[ˈfɔː^rwɜː^rd] n → avant-propos m invforex market [ˈfɒrɛks] n → marché m des changes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

foreword

n → Vorwort nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

foreword

[ˈfɔːˌwɜːd] n → prefazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

foreword

(ˈfoːwəːd) noun

a piece of writing as an introduction at the beginning of a book; a preface. The foreword was written by a famous scholar.

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

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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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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.

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FOREWORD. The two earliest of the nine main divisions of English Literature are by far the longest--taken together are longer than all the others combined--but we shall pass rather rapidly over them.

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The latest release on the classic Reliant Scimitar from Staffordshire author Elvis Payne has a foreword by the Princess Royal.

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Meghan has written the foreword to the new book produced by cooks from the Hubb Community Kitchen, an initiative based near the site of the Grenfell tower in London.

Meghan serves up Grenfell recipes

The duchess says in her foreword for Together: Our Community Cookbook: "I immediately felt connected this community kitchen; it is a place for women to laugh, grieve, cry and cook together."

Meghan serves up Grenfell recipes

Nikole Hannah-Jones states in the book's foreword, "despite the fact that black Americans remain at the bottom of every indicator of well-being in this country--from wealth, to poverty, to health, to infant mortality, to graduation rates, to incarceration--we want to pretend that this current reality has nothing to do with the racial caste system that was legally enforced for most of the time the United States of America has existed." Hence, the collection is a response to the false idea that slavery wasn't so bad and something we should all just "get over."

The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery

Actress and BJP politian Hema Malini feels honoured that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned the foreword for her authorised biography Beyond The Dreamgirl .

Hema Malini delighted over Narendra Modi's foreword to her biography

Annapolis, MD, June 27, 2017 --(PR.com)-- Today, Third Bridge Press is pleased to announce "Next Generation Leaders" has been named a winner in the 19th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

"Next Generation Leaders" Named 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner

This edition contains a new four-page foreword by John Beebe, describing the reception and impact of the book and helping modern readers understand JungAEs emphasis on various concepts in his theory of consciousness.

Psychological Types (reprint, 1971)

The national intelligence and security agency GCHQ's first puzzle collection includes a foreword by Kate, whose grandmother was a Bletchley Park code-breaker during World War II.

Duchess Puzzles tribute to spy gran

Outside of the foreword, the introduction, there is virtually no text; the dragon art speaks for itself.

The Art of Disney's Dragons

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