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noun

• The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.

  Example: The book included a brief preface by a leading expert in the field.

• An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.

• The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

• A title or epithet.

verb

• To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).

  Example: Let me preface this by saying that I don't know him that well.

• To give a preface to.

  Example: to preface a book