| preliminaries(opening, addition, establishment, introduction, prelude) | |
| prolepsis(noun, precursor) | |
| protasis | |
| start(noun, verb, rise, top, beginning) | |
| acknowledgments | |
| add(verb, precede, prefix) | |
| announce(verb, open, present, submit, offer) | |
| avant-propos | |
| be ahead of(verb, lead, head, anticipate, presage) | |
| book | |
| come first(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) | |
| direct(verb, guide, initiate, accompany, steer) | |
| enclose | |
| forego | |
| give | |
| go before(verb, expression, lead, head, anticipate) | |
| go in advance(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate) | |
| guide(verb, lead, initiate, head, receive) | |
| harbinger(verb, open, present, lead, submit) | |
| have a head start(expression, idiom, lead, head, anticipate) |
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