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postface

postface noun: a piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication.

Noun

postface (plural postfaces)

  1. A piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication.

Forms of postface

pluralpostfaces

Origin of postface

From post- + (pre)face with pre- replaced by post-.

Questions about postface

What does postface mean?
Postface means a piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication.
What part of speech is postface?
Postface is a noun.
What is the plural of postface?
The plural of postface is postfaces.

Words near postface in the dictionary

  1. postextractional
  2. postextrasystole
  3. postextrasystoles
  4. postextrasystolic
  5. postextubation
  6. postface
  7. postfaces
  8. postfact
  9. postfactory
  10. postfactual
  11. postfactum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postface (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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