Meaning & use
Prefacing
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Introducing something, such as a speech or piece of writing, with preliminary remarks.
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He kept prefacing every criticism with a compliment.
The report is prefacing its findings with a note on methodology.
A note on using this word
The present participle of the verb 'preface', itself derived from the Latin 'praefari', meaning 'to say beforehand'.
Words with a similar meaning
introducingpreceding
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Words with an opposite meaning
concluding
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