transcription, транскрипция: [ prefɪs ]
( prefaces, prefacing, prefaced)
1.
A preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is about or why it was written.
= foreword
N-COUNT
2.
If you preface an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first.
I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare...
The president prefaced his remarks by saying he has supported unemployment benefits all along.
VERB : V n with n , V n by -ing