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preface(noun, start, opening, words, launch)
14
prologue(noun, start, opening, words, launch)
13
proem(noun, opening, launch, addition, establishment)
12
preamble(noun, start, opening, words, launch)
12
introduction(noun, start, lead, approach, new)
12
prelude(noun, event, start, opening, words)
12
prolegomenon(noun, start, opening, words, launch)
10
exordium(noun, opening, launch, addition, establishment)
10
overture(noun, start, approach, opening, words)
7
preliminary(noun, introduction, preface, prelude, preamble)
4
lead-in(noun, start, opening, words, addition)
4
prelusion(noun, approach, signal, introduction, preface)
4
prolusion(noun, precursor)
3
opening(noun, approach, signal, addition, establishment)
3
prefix(noun, precursor)
3
preliminaries(opening, addition, establishment, introduction, preface)
3
prolegomena(noun, precursor)
3
prolepsis(noun, precursor)
3
protasis
2
avant-propos
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