front matter

See also: frontmatter and front-matter

English

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Noun

front matter (uncountable)

  1. Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
    Synonyms: forematter, prelims; see also Thesaurus:front matter
    Antonyms: back matter, end matter
    Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page
    Coordinate terms: body matter, body text

Translations

parts of a book that appear before the text
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