pref.

American  

abbreviation

1. preface.

2. prefaced.

3. prefatory.

4. preference.

5. preferred.

6. prefix.

7. prefixed.

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pref. British  

abbreviation

1. preface

2. preference

3. preferred

4. prefix

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Example Sentences

So in his pref. to Adam de Domerham de reb. gest.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Arrows of the Chace, letters to Glasgow, pref. iii.

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John

Historic method of study in philosophy, 31, 379, 380, 396; the peculiarity of this age, pref. xiii.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 25Aug50; A46886.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

To hope = esper‑i; pref. mal- denotes opposite. 3In every case.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John