предваря́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• forestall verb To stop something from happening by acting early to get in its way.
• preface noun An introductory section at the start of a book, usually explaining its background or purpose.

Senses

предваря́ть is used for these senses in English:

• forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
• preface (transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point); to premise.
• prepend (computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.

forestall — full definition

1. verb To stop something from happening by acting early to get in its way.
2. verb To rule something out completely so that it cannot happen.
3. verb To buy up the whole stock of something, especially food, so it can be sold at a very high price.
4. verb To act early because you expect something to happen.

preface — full definition

1. noun An introductory section at the start of a book, usually explaining its background or purpose.
2. verb To introduce something with a few remarks beforehand.

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