preface
/ˈprɛfəs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈprɛfəs/
preface
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
pre - face -> preface
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကျမ်းဦးစကား။ နိဒါန်း။ အမှာ။ အစချီထားသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးထားသည်။ အစချီသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးသည်။
Full entry
ကျမ်းဦးစကား။ နိဒါန်း။ အမှာ။ Compare FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION ၃ (က)
v
၁။ ~ sth with sth အစချီထားသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးထားသည်။ Each chapter is prefaced by an apposite quotation. ❍ He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
၂။ ~ sth by sth/ with sth/ by doing sth အစချီသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးသည်။ she prefaced her talk with an apology.
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- preface /'prefǝs/ n ကျမ်းဦးစကား။ နိဒါန်း။ အမှာ။ Compare FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION ၃ (က) v ၁။ ~ sth with sth အစချီထားသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးထားသည်။ Each chapter is prefaced by an apposite quotation.
- He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered. ၂။ ~ sth by sth/ with sth/ by doing sth အစချီသည်။ နိဒါန်းပျိုးသည်။ she prefaced her talk with an apology.
Synonyms
foreword, preamble, introduction, prologue, prelude, add, attach, begin, beginning, commence, exordium, explanation, introduce, launch, lead, lead up to, open, overture, precede, prefix, preliminary, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, put in front, start, start off, usher
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