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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "preface"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to start a written work with a brief statement or introduction, often written by the author or editor, to provide context or explain the purpose
Transitive: to preface a written work
to preface definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In academic papers, it 's common to preface the main content with an introduction outlining the purpose and scope.
āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻš āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž, āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž

an introductory piece written by the author of a book explaining its subject, scope, or aims
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the preface, she explains her motivation for writing.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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