Preface (Verb)
Meaning
Furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The concert began with a series of folk dances before the symphony orchestra prefaced the classical portion of the program with Beethoven's Fifth.
- The historical novelist prefaced her recent novel with a long introduction about her research methods.
- She always starts her morning news broadcast by prefacing the major news stories with a joke.
- He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution, which caught many in the audience off guard.
- The esteemed poet prefaced her reading with a few words of gratitude to the organizers of the annual literary festival.