| 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: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start of an event or action |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
Antonyms: |
completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination |
| 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: | 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: | prologue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preface |
Synonyms: |
beginning, exordium, explanation, foreword, introduction, opening, overture, preamble, prelude, proem, prolegomenon |
| Main Entry: | preamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
Synonyms: |
preface, prelude |
| Main Entry: | proem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction |
Synonyms: |
foreword, opening, preface, prelude, prologue |