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Word: Preamble
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French preambule, from medieval Latin praeambulum, from late Latin praeambulus ‘going before’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpriːambl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
prɪˈambl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction
Short Definition:preliminary or preparatory statement
Examples:- he could tell that what she said was by way of a preamble
- I gave him the bad news without preamble
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