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foreword

Syllables: fore·wordUK/ˈfɔːwɜːd//ˈfɔɹwɝd/

foreword noun: an introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

foreword: a person holding an open book in their hand
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Noun

foreword (plural forewords)

  1. An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
    • He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44

foreword meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

foreword in Hindi

an introductory section
प्राक्कथन prākkathan, प्रस्तावना prastāvnā, भूमिका bhūmikā, आमुख āmukh, अवतरणिका avtarṇikā, पेश-लफ़्ज़ peś-lafz

foreword in Tamil

முன்னுரை

foreword in Telugu

foreword
ముందుమాట mundumāṭa

foreword in Malayalam

foreword
മുഖവുര mukhavura, ആമുഖം āmukhaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
foreword in Kannada
ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ munnuḍi
foreword in Sinhala
පෙරවදන
foreword in Tagalog
paunang salita, bungadsabi
foreword in Indonesian
kata pengantar, prakata
foreword in Vietnamese
lời tựa, lời nói đầu

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Forms of foreword

pluralforewords

Plural of foreword: forewords

Origin of foreword

Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).

Questions about foreword

What does foreword mean?
Foreword means an introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
What is foreword in Hindi?
Foreword in Hindi is प्राक्कथन (prākkathan), प्रस्तावना (prastāvnā), भूमिका (bhūmikā). See Foreword meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is foreword?
Foreword is a noun.
How do you pronounce foreword?
Foreword is pronounced /ˈfɔːwɜːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of foreword?
The plural of foreword is forewords.

Words near foreword in the dictionary

  1. forewits
  2. forewold
  3. forewolds
  4. forewoman
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  11. foreworlds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreword (page history and authors); foreword (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ముందుమాట (Telugu) (page history and authors); ആമുഖം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); foreword (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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