See foreword in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"US"
]
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-us-foreword.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "forward stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
}
],
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}
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"word": "endsay"
},
{
"word": "conclusion"
},
{
"word": "epilogue"
},
{
"word": "afterword"
},
{
"word": "last word"
},
{
"word": "postamble"
}
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"2": "fore",
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},
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"name": "prefix"
},
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"2": "de",
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},
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"2": "la",
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},
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},
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},
{
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"2": "voorwoord",
"t": "foreword"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "foarwurd",
"t": "foreword"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "forord",
"t": "preface; proviso"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "förord",
"t": "foreword"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "forword"
},
"expansion": "Old English forword",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "front matter"
}
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "adjunct"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "writing"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"fore‧word"
],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
],
"word": "lead"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"tags": [
"US"
],
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"journalism",
"media"
],
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "prolusion"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "foretale"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "prelude"
}
],
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{
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"Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms calqued from German",
"English terms derived from German",
"English terms derived from Latin",
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"English terms with quotations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Cebuano translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Kankanaey translations",
"Terms with Kannada translations",
"Terms with Kazakh translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Livonian translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Uyghur translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:",
"text": "He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction."
],
"links": [
[
"introductory",
"introductory"
],
[
"preface",
"preface"
],
[
"introduction",
"introduction"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔːwɜːd/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔɹwɝd/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔɹwɚd/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
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},
{
"homophone": "forward stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
}
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"word": "forespeech"
},
{
"word": "foretalk"
},
{
"word": "introduction"
},
{
"word": "preamble"
},
{
"word": "preface"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "exordium"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "foretale"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "foreword"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "isagoge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "lead-in"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "proem"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "proemium"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:foreword",
"word": "prologue"
}
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙaǰaban",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "առաջաբան"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predgovor",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предговор"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predislovie",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "предисловие"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "pròleg"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "pasiuna"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiányán",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "前言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xù",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "序"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "předmluva"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "forord"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fortale"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "voorwoord"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "inleiding"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "antaŭparolo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "eessõna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "esipuhe"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "alkusanat"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avant-propos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "limiar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prefacio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Vorwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "Vorrede"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prólogos",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόλογος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prākkathan",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "प्राक्कथन"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prastāvnā",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "प्रस्तावना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "peś-lafz",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "पेश-लफ़्ज़"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "dībācā",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "दीबाचा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "do śabd",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "दो शब्द"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "harf-e-āġāz",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "हर्फ़-ए-आग़ाज़"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "āmukh",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "आमुख"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bhūmikā",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "भूमिका"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "avtarṇikā",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "अवतरणिका"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prakāśkīya",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "प्रकाशकीय"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "előszó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "formáli"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "forspjall"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "kata pengantar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "prakata"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "esisana"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "alkujutto"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "toimitussana"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "réamhrá"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prefazione"
},
{
"code": "kne",
"lang": "Kankanaey",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "panangiam-ammo"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "munnuḍi",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "alğy söz",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "алғы сөз"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kırıspe",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "кіріспе"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "alğysöz",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "алғысөз"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "priekšvārds"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "eḑḑisõnā"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predgovor",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "предговор"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "kupu whakataki"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "forord"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fortale"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przedmowa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "przedsłowie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prefácio"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cuvânt înainte"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predislóvije",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "предисло́вие"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ro-ràdh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predgovor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "predslov"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "predhovor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prefacio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "förord"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "paunang salita"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "bungadsabi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredmova",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "передмова"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "muqeddime",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "مۇقەددىمە"
},
{
"alt": "𠳒序",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "lời tựa"
},
{
"alt": "𠳒呐頭",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"word": "lời nói đầu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "an introductory section",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhagair"
}
],
"word": "foreword"
}
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