front matter

front matter
Synonyms and related words:
acknowledgments, anteriority, article, avant-propos, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, bold front, book, brave face, brave front, breakthrough, catch line, catchword, chapter, clause, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, dedication, display, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, exordium, facade, face, facet, facia, fascicle, flyleaf, folio, fore, fore edge, forefront, foreground, forehand, foreland, forepart, forequarter, foreside, foreword, front, front elevation, front man, front page, front view, frontage, frontal, frontier, frontispiece, gathering, half-title page, head, heading, imprint, index, innovation, inscription, introduction, lap, leaf, leap, makeup, number, obverse, overture, page, paragraph, passage, phrase, postulate, preamble, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminaries, preliminary, prelude, premise, presupposition, priority, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, proscenium, protasis, recto, reverso, running title, section, sentence, sheet, signature, subtitle, table of contents, tail, text, title, title page, trim size, type page, verse, verso, voluntary, window dressing

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  • front matter — front .matter n [U] all the pages at the very beginning of a book, including the page with the title on it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • front matter — front ,matter noun uncount TECHNICAL the information at the beginning of a book before the main part starts …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • front matter — noun written matter preceding the main text of a book • Syn: ↑prelims • Hypernyms: ↑matter * * * noun [noncount] : the pages at the beginning of a book before the main part The conventions of the book are explained in the front matter. compare ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • front matter — front′ mat ter n. pri all material in a book that precedes the text …   From formal English to slang

  • front matter — /ˈfrʌnt mætə/ (say frunt matuh) noun the material in the front pages of a book, as contents list, preface, etc. (opposed to end matter) …  

  • front matter — noun Date: circa 1909 matter preceding the main text of a book …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • front matter — Print. all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface. Also called preliminaries. Cf. back matter. [1905 10, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • front matter — noun Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself. See Also: back matter …   Wiktionary

  • Front matter — Вступительная часть, печатный материал, предшествующий основному тексту (книги) …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • front matter — noun (U) all the pages at the very beginning of a book, including the page with the title on it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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