preamble

Meanings

Noun

• A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
• A syncword.

Verb

• To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks.

Origin

• From Middle English preamble, from Old French preambule (French préambule), from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from praeambulō.