foreword
pronunciation
How to pronounce foreword in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:wɜ:d]
How to pronounce foreword in American English:
US [ˈfɔrwɜrd]
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- Noun:
- a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Word Origin
- foreword (n.)
- "introduction to a literary work," 1842, from fore- + word (n.); perhaps a loan-translation of German Vorwort "preface," modeled on Latin praefatio "preface."
Example
- 1. He provides his email address in the foreword and urges his readers to write to him .
- 2. Lou jiwei , chairman and chief executive , said in a foreword dated in july that the fund had a " cautiously positive outlook " for 2011 .
- 3. This essay was adapted from his foreword in the forthcoming book " electoral dysfunction : a survival manual for american voters " by victoria bassetti .
- 4. Professor montgomery says in his foreword to the report that the dna profiles of over three-quarters of young black men between 18 to 35 are recorded on the database .
- 5. In a foreword to the book , the president of yale , richard c. levin , calls mr. rui " an energetic young standard bearer of the new china . "