Prefatory

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or constituting a preface; introductory. synonym: preliminary.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Belonging to a preface; serving as or resembling a preface; introductory.
  • Synonyms Introductory, preliminary, precursory, preparatory. See introduction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. introductory, preliminary, serving as a prelude or preface.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. serving as an introduction or preface
  • Word Usage
    "While others seem to have omitted the important detail of everything, what you put forward prefatory is unconstrained and perfectly stated."
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    preceding  
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