Preamble

Noun

 * 1) A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.

Thesaurus
avant-propos, breakthrough, exordium, foreword, front matter, frontispiece, innovation, introduce, introduction, leap, overture, postulate, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, prelude, premise, presupposition, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologize, prologue, protasis, verse, voluntary

Alternative forms

 * præamble

Etymology
From preambule: (French: préambule:), from  praeambulum:, from praeambulo:

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|1=/"pri:%{mbl=/}}

Translations

 * Dutch: preambule
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 * Icelandic: formáli, inngangur, inngangsorð, formálsorð


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 * Telugu: అవతారిక (avataarika), ప్రవేశిక (pravESika)