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preamble Definition

pre·amble (prē′am′bəl, prē am′-)

noun

  1. an introduction, esp. one to a constitution, statute, etc., stating the reasons for it and its purpose
  2. an introductory fact, event, etc.; preliminary

Etymology: ME < MFr preambule < ML praeambulum, neut. of LL praeambulus, going before < L praeambulare, to precede < prae-, before + ambulare, to go: see amble

preamble Synonyms

preamble

n.

introduction, prelude, preface, introductory part; see introduction 1. See syn. study at introduction.

preamble Law Definition

n

An opening statement in a document that declares the document’s purpose. It is commonly found at the beginning of a constitution, statute, or other legal document.

preamble Usage Examples

Preposition: of

treaty: The preamble of a treaty is in any case part of the treaty's context for the purpose of interpretation.

Converse of object

  • write: The work of writing fell to Lovett, who was aided on legal points by Roebuck, who wrote the preamble.
  • include: For this reason, the memorandum is divided into five sections including the preamble.
  • have: But wait a moment - article 6 has a preamble.
  • follow: Following the preamble we send our Start Of Message ( SOM ) byte.
  • use: In addition, to achieve a high efficiency, it is desirable to recovery synchronization from received data signals without using preambles.
  • miss: Not all files have all three sections; some files may be missing the preamble, or the preamble and metadata.

Adjective modifier

  • lengthy: This lengthy preamble gets us to the aforementioned Fundraising Dinner.
  • long: After a long preamble, the result is described ] * US admits Mosul killings [ The incident is, not surprisingly, confused.
  • more: More preamble The one cloud on England's silver lining is a jug-eared fellow called Gilchrist.
  • little: All of which is a little preamble to say that I was quite looking forward to seeing this new Leafe Press pamphlet.
  • short: There is also a short preamble during which the more convivial aspects of the weekend are touched upon.
  • further: The Steyn piece which Norm, after further preamble, went on to consider, merely shows his strengths and weakness.

Modifies a noun

  • afternoon: England v Sri Lanka: First Test, third day, afternoon session The afternoon session Saturday May 13, 2006 Preamble Afternoon all.
  • generation: Full packet handling including preamble generation, sync word insertion, flexible packet length and automatic CRC.
  • state: However, the preamble states that he is married to a Journalist.
  • morning: Preamble Good morning, good morning and welcome to our coverage of the final game in this swift series.
  • byte: The number of preamble bytes to send will need to be obtained by some experimentation.
  • everyone: Preamble Good evening everyone, and welcome to Manchester United's opening match in this season's Champions League.

Noun used with modifier

document: Page 15 of The Companion explains this; and suggests that you make such changes in the document preamble, between \makeatletter and \makeatother.