FOREWORD Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

foreword

noun

ˈfȯr-(ˌ)wərd

as in preface

a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part the editor makes some good points in the foreword about the author's life, so be sure to read it

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Recent Examples of foreword After designing interiors for Michelle Obama and Shonda Rhimes—the latter wrote the foreword to this book—he was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House in 2010. —

Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024 The collection also comes with a coffee-table sized book of liner notes by Vivien Goldman, a foreword by Elton John and remembrances from Calello, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, John Sebastian and others. —

Gary Graff, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024 And, of course, there is also Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon as a means of moving the country foreword after the ravages of Watergate. —

Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024 Her whole foreword centered on kinship and that was so meaningful to me. —

Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreword