Sekirov Dictionary

preamble

UK /ˈpɹiːˌambəl/US /ˈpriˌæmb(ə)l/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
- The consultation preamble explains: "The planned timetable will be introduced in 2025 once we have completed the necessary steps required to ensure that we have enough resources to do so. — 2023
A syncword.
•
A precursor.
- High winds are often a preamble to a winter storm.

verb1

•
To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks.
- But these things being beside my main design, I will desist from preambling and come to the materials I have collected towards a history of the Baptists in this province. — 1867

forms

preambled · preambling · preambles

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