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prefacing

prefacing is the present participle and gerund of preface.

Meaning of preface

Verb

preface (third-person singular simple present prefaces, present participle prefacing, simple past and past participle prefaced)

  1. (transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point); to premise.
    • Let me preface this by saying that I don't know him that well.
  2. (transitive) To give a preface to.
    • to preface a book

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Questions about prefacing

What is prefacing the present participle and gerund of?
Prefacing is the present participle and gerund of preface.

Words near prefacing in the dictionary

  1. prefaceless
  2. prefacer
  3. prefacers
  4. prefaces
  5. prefacial
  6. prefacing
  7. prefacist
  8. prefacists
  9. prefactor
  10. prefactors
  11. prefactory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prefacing (page history and authors); preface (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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