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adjective
- 1. serving as an introduction; introductory: "in his prefatory remarks the author claims that …"
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The meaning of PREFATORY is of, relating to, or constituting a preface. How to use prefatory in a sentence.
Definition of prefatory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Before or in preparation for the main matter, action, or business: 2. Serving to introduce a subject or person, for example: The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Dictionary definition of prefatory. Pertaining to, or associated with, a preface or introductory section of a book, document, speech, or other written or spoken work. "The prefatory pages of the book provided important background information." Detailed meaning of prefatory.
Adjective. Filter. adjective. Of, like, or serving as a preface; introductory. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: prolegomenous. preparatory. preliminary. introductory. prefatorial. prepositive. inductive. Origin of Prefatory.
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PREFATORY meaning: included at the beginning of a book, speech, etc., as an introduction.
UK /ˈprɛfət(ə)ri/ adjective serving as an introduction; introductory in his prefatory remarks the author claims that … Examples It's a book that's always beginning, where everything is introductory, liminal, prefatory. North American As Nelson writes in a prefatory note, ‘A requiem, by definition, is sad; the person it honors has died.’
prefatory: Of, relating to, or constituting a preface; introductory. synonym : preliminary .
The meaning of prefatory. Definition of prefatory. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
