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foreword

noun
SayFOR-wurd/ˈfɔɹwɝd/UK/ˈfɔːwɜːd/

Pluralforewords

Often confused with forward

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    nouncountable
    A short section at the start of a book, usually written by someone other than the author.

    Like a friend introducing you to a crowd before you start to speak.

    The author asked a famous scientist to write the foreword.

    I skipped the foreword and went straight to chapter one.

    Similarpreface, introduction, prologue, preamble

    Oppositeafterword, epilogue, conclusion

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Origin

Made from 'fore-' plus 'word'. It copies German 'Vorwort', which itself copies Latin 'praefatio' meaning 'preface'.