Preface vs Foreread - What's the difference?
preface | foreread |
The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(Roman Catholic) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
To give a preface to.
To signify beforehand; predict.
*1904 , Vassar College, The Vassar miscellany: Volume 34 :
*1907 , Harper's magazine: Volume 114:
To read beforehand or ahead of time.
*1989 , Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Despair: a novel :
(lb) To perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.
*1922 , James Branch Cabell, Gallantry :
In transitive terms the difference between preface and foreread
is that preface is to give a preface to while foreread is to perceive, interpret or figure out in advance.preface
English
(wikipedia preface)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- The book included a brief preface by a leading expert in the field.
- This superficial tale / Is but a preface of her worthy praise.
- Heaven's high behest no preface needs.
Verb
(prefac)- Let me preface this by saying that I don't know him that well.
- to preface a book
See also
* foretalk * foreword * introduction * preludeforeread
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- She feels that she could "foreread the future and its mystery" if she could divine the meaning of the "burdened sea."
- He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe, while England would remain supine, simply because Neweastle was a fool and Ormskirk would be dead.
- I can readily imagine what Pushkin might have said to his trembling paraphrasts; but I also know how pleased and excited I would have been in 1935 had I been able to foreread this 1965 version.
- He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Etoiles' magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe.