Prefatory synonyms

prĕf'ə-tôr'ē

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introductory (related)
Introducing; giving a preview or idea of
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opening
(Cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack
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initiative
Used to initiate; initiatory.
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preliminary
In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory
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inductive
The definition of inductive is something that makes an action take place.
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preparatory
Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative
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prolegomenous
(Literary) Introductory; functioning as a preface or prolegomenon.
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start (related)
Before or in preparation for the main matter, action, or business
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words (related)
Serving to introduce a subject or person, for example
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prepositive
Occurring or placed before another word.
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preface (related)
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ten-page (related)
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dedicatory (related)
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Prefatory Sentence Examples

  • The prefatory note there may come from a Hebrew MS., but perhaps refers to chapter i.

  • It was declared in a prefatory note to the volume that the authors were responsible only for their respective articles, but some of these were deemed so destructive that many people banned the whole book, and a noisy demand, led by Samuel Wilberforce, then bishop of Oxford, called on the headmaster of Rugby to dissociate himself from his comrades.

  • Specimens of Fowler's verses were published in 1803 by John Leyden in his Scottish Descriptive Poems. Fowler contributed a prefatory sonnet to James VI.'s Furies; and James, in return, commended, in verse, Fowler's Triumphs.

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