Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A preface or introduction to a literary work: a word seldom used.
Wiktionary
- n. An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A preface.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Etymologies
- Morphologically fore- + word, a calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio ("preface"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The book which this foreword is attached to looks like one to watch for.”
Archbishop Ranjith's Foreword to "True Development of the Liturgy"
“Given that the foreword is the first thing people will read, the rest of the book is gonna have a hard act to follow.”
Eli Roth and Chris Gore Featured in Upcoming Homemade Hollywood Fan Film Book! | Fan Cinema Today
“The foreword is by John Lasseter, one of the founders of Pixar and friend of Miyazaki.”
Hayao Miyazaki’s Starting Point: 1979-1996 » Comics Worth Reading
“This original foreword is part of the Jack London collection at the Oakland Public Library.”
Jack London's Nonfiction Collection of Unpublished Book Forwards
“The foreword is by Alan Moore, which was certainly a surprise, and he entitles it 'The Return of the Thin White Duke', which is rather clever.”
“The foreword is by Thomas F. Monteleone's Uncle Frank, and the afterword by Tom himself.”
“The foreword is by Keith Knight (The K Chronicles).”
“Beginning with an inspiring foreword from the late William F. Buckley Jr., the first story begins simply about a man and his boat; having traveled the seas many times over, he is a skilled seamen but on this particular day there’s a storm that will give him a run for his money and leave his beloved boat in pieces, while he barely escapes with his life.”
“Also, Jayson Stark wrote the foreword, which is pretty darned cool.”
“Both were kind enough to write very nice things about The Servant of the Manthycore, Vera wrote a killer blurb, and Mike wrote the foreword, which is almost embarassingly positive.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘foreword’.
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EN - confusables
Similar words meaning different things
accept, except, adverse, averse, advice, advise, affect, effect, aisle, isle, all together, altogether and 134 more...
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Fore!
That great old English prefix, quaint almost by default!
foredoom, forename, foretoken, foremast, forebear, foresee, forecastle, forestay, foreskin, foretell, foreshadow, foreclose and 79 more...
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the library - the art of writing
chapter, deus ex machina, epilogue, palindrome, allusion, allegory, prose, epic, conjunction, comma, semicolon, period and 41 more...
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literary pursuits
flyleaf, dogeared, marginalia, chapter, paperback, edition, typeface, blurb, dust jacket, bibliophile, footnote, appendices and 75 more...
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List 007
epilogue, prologue, conduit, prefatory, foreword, apathetic, extrapolate, elaborate, intuitive, rendezvous, alienate, brink and 18 more...
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