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Definition of prefatory in English: prefatoryadjective ˈprɛfət(ə)riˈprɛfəˌtɔri Serving as an introduction; introductory. in his prefatory remarks the author claims that … Example sentencesExamples - The Amendment's prefatory clause, properly understood, is fully consistent with this interpretation.
- After a prefatory reference to the ‘inherent dignity’ of all human beings, the Universal Declaration simply declares certain values to be human rights.
- ‘I am neither a historian nor a lawyer,’ Malkin reminds her reader in the book's prefatory note.
- As Nelson writes in a prefatory note, ‘A requiem, by definition, is sad; the person it honors has died.’
- It's a book that's always beginning, where everything is introductory, liminal, prefatory.
Synonyms introductory, preliminary, opening, initial, preparatory, explanatory, lead-in, initiatory, precursory, prior, antecedent rare prefatorial, precursive, prodromal, prodromic, preambular, preambulatory, preludial, prelusive, prelusory, exordial, proemial, prolegomenal
Definition of prefatory in US English: prefatoryadjectiveˈprefəˌtôrēˈprɛfəˌtɔri Serving as an introduction; introductory. the poet makes this clear in a prefatory note on the text Example sentencesExamples - The Amendment's prefatory clause, properly understood, is fully consistent with this interpretation.
- As Nelson writes in a prefatory note, ‘A requiem, by definition, is sad; the person it honors has died.’
- It's a book that's always beginning, where everything is introductory, liminal, prefatory.
- ‘I am neither a historian nor a lawyer,’ Malkin reminds her reader in the book's prefatory note.
- After a prefatory reference to the ‘inherent dignity’ of all human beings, the Universal Declaration simply declares certain values to be human rights.
Synonyms introductory, preliminary, opening, initial, preparatory, explanatory, lead-in, initiatory, precursory, prior, antecedent
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