Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preface or introduction to a literary work: a word seldom used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A preface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; apreface orintroduction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
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Examples
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The book which this foreword is attached to looks like one to watch for.
Archbishop Ranjith's Foreword to "True Development of the Liturgy" 2009
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Given that the foreword is the first thing people will read, the rest of the book is gonna have a hard act to follow.
Eli Roth and Chris Gore Featured in Upcoming Homemade Hollywood Fan Film Book! | Fan Cinema Today 2007
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This original foreword is part of the Jack London collection at the Oakland Public Library.
Jack London's Nonfiction Collection of Unpublished Book Forwards 2010
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The foreword is by John Lasseter, one of the founders of Pixar and friend of Miyazaki.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Starting Point: 1979-1996 » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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The foreword is by Alan Moore, which was certainly a surprise, and he entitles it 'The Return of the Thin White Duke', which is rather clever.
Superhero Prose Fiction: Elric - The Stealer Of Souls Blue Tyson 2008
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The foreword is by Thomas F. Monteleone's Uncle Frank, and the afterword by Tom himself.
New Look, New Journal - new deadlines deep_bluze 2004
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The foreword is by Keith Knight (The K Chronicles).
New Black Comics Blog, Upcoming Book » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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Beginning with an inspiring foreword from the late William F. Buckley Jr., the first story begins simply about a man and his boat; having traveled the seas many times over, he is a skilled seamen but on this particular day there’s a storm that will give him a run for his money and leave his beloved boat in pieces, while he barely escapes with his life.
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Beginning with an inspiring foreword from the late William F. Buckley Jr., the first story begins simply about a man and his boat; having traveled the seas many times over, he is a skilled seamen but on this particular day there’s a storm that will give him a run for his money and leave his beloved boat in pieces, while he barely escapes with his life.
“Near Death on the High Seas” Edited by Cecil Kuhne (Vintage, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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Also, Jayson Stark wrote the foreword, which is pretty darned cool.
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