Meaning & use
prefatory
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Serving as an introduction to a book, speech, or other work; introductory.
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The author added a prefatory note explaining her reasons for writing the book.
He offered a few prefatory remarks before diving into the main presentation.
A note on using this word
Related to "preface," both words come from Latin "praefari," meaning "to say beforehand."
Words with a similar meaning
introductorypreliminary
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Words with an opposite meaning
concludingfinal
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