| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
Synonyms: |
background meeting, conference, directions, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, priming, rundown, update |
| Main Entry: | foreword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction to a document |
Synonyms: |
exordium, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue |
| Notes: | the foreword is written by someone other than the author; the preface is written by the author or editor preface and foreword were once considered the same (Latin praefari 'speak before,' Germanic/Anglo-Saxon vorwort 'preface') but now preface is written by the author and foreword by someone else |
Antonyms: |
addendum, epilogue, postscript |
| Main Entry: | indication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, clue |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, attestation, augury, auspice, cue, earnest, explanation, expression, forewarning, gesture, hint, implication, index, indicia, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, nod, note, notion, omen, pledge, portent, preamble, prefiguration, prognostic, prolegomenon, proof, reminder, show, sign, signal, significant, signifier, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, vestige, warning, wind*, wink |
Antonyms: |
misinformation |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
Synonyms: |
addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, foreword, hornbook, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | overture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction, approach |
Synonyms: |
advance, bid, conciliatory move, exordium, foreword, invitation, offer, opening, preamble, preface, prelude, prelusion, presentation, proem, prologue, proposal, proposition, signal, suggestion, tender |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, finish |
| Main Entry: | preface |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
Synonyms: |
beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, overture, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prologue |
Antonyms: |
appendix, conclusion, ending, epilogue, finish |
| Main Entry: | preliminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introductory event; beginning |
Synonyms: |
first round, foundation, groundwork, initiation, introduction, opening, preamble, preface, prelims, prelude, preparation, start |
Antonyms: |
closing, conclusion, finale |
| Main Entry: | prelude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning of event |
Synonyms: |
commencement, curtain-raiser, exordium, foreword, intro, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, prelusion, preparation, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, start |
Antonyms: |
ending, epilogue, postlude |
| Main Entry: | prologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preface |
Synonyms: |
beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, prelude, proem, prolegomenon |