| preface | n introduction (to a book) kata pendahuluan, kata pengantar, prakata; (to talk, lecture etc) bahagian pengenalan, mukadimah: the novel has a ~ written by the author’s widow, kata pendahuluan novel itu ditulis oleh balu pengarang novel itu; the previous week’s events were referred to in the ~ to his speech, peristiwa-peristiwa yg berlaku pd minggu sebelumnya disentuh dlm bahagian pengenalan ucapannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| foreword | n (by the author) prakata, pendahuluan; (by other person) kata pengantar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| introduction | d. (formally presenting bill, motion before legislative body) mengemukakan; e. (making st part of st else) memperkenalkan: several members of the linguistic community are against the ~ of foreign words into the language, beberapa orang drpd golongan ahli bahasa menentang kata-kata asing diperkenalkan ke dlm bahasa tersebut; 2. opening paragraph of report, letter, speech, etc, pendahuluan, pengenalan: he referred to it in the ~ to his speech, dia merujuk perkara itu dlm pendahuluan ucapannya; make the ~ to your essay brief, tulis pendahuluan esei kamu secara ringkas; 3. preface, pendahuluan, pengenalan; 4. book providing basic facts about particular subject, buku penghantar: an ~ to computer science, buku pengantar sains komputer; 5. (mus) lagu pengenalan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |