foreword
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other documentAn 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).
» This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
Dieses Wörterbuch hat eine Vorbemerkung, kein Vorwort.
У цьому словнику є передмова, а не вступ.
Meaning
1 sensesAn 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).
Vorwort, Vorrede
предисло́виеpredislóvije
передмоваperedmova
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Examples
11 sentencesThis dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
У цьому словнику є передмова, а не вступ. — deniko
deDieses Wörterbuch hat eine Vorbemerkung, kein Vorwort. — Dejo
He stated it in the foreword.
Who composed the foreword to his book?
Who wrote the foreword to his book?
ruКто написал предисловие к его книге? — marafon
deWer hat das Vorwort zu seinem Buch verfasst? — mhr
Tom is writing the foreword to my book.
deTom schreibt das Vorwort zu meinem Buch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatioMorphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
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