"prefatory" meaning in English

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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "poricaẏok",
          "sense": "introductory",
          "word": "পরিচায়ক"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "roman": "vstǎpitelen",
          "sense": "introductory",
          "word": "встъпителен"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "introductory",
          "word": "alustava"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "introductory",
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          "word": "préfatoire"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "introductory",
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          "sense": "introductory",
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          "word": "prefatório"
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          "sense": "introductory",
          "word": "вво́дный"
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          "sense": "introductory",
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