Vorwort — meaning in English
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English meaning
- foreword noun An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
- preface noun An introductory section at the start of a book, usually explaining its background or purpose.
- preposition noun A word such as in, on, at, to, from, with or by that links a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence, usually showing place, time, direction or relationship.
Senses
Vorwort is used for these senses in English:
- foreword An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
- preface A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
- preposition (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
preface — full definition
- noun An introductory section at the start of a book, usually explaining its background or purpose.
- verb To introduce something with a few remarks beforehand.