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Prefacing

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forewordnounAn introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
prolusionnounA trial before the principal performance; a prelude.
premiseverbTo state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
introduceverb(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
precedingverbOccurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
prefatorynounServing as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
prefixedverbHaving a (specified) prefix.
antecedingverbTo go before; to precede.
prepositioningnoun(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
preamblenounA short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
prepositionnoun(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
precursoryBeing or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
preparativelyBy way of preparation.
preemptingverb(transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
precedeverb(transitive) To go before, go in front of.
precededverb(transitive) To go before, go in front of.
preemptiveMade so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.
prefixnoun(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.
prepositivePut before; prefixed.
prepositionalOf, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.

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