front matter

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front matter (uncountable)

  1. Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
    Synonyms: prelims; see also Thesaurus:front matter
    Antonyms: back matter, end matter
    Meronyms: half title, title page, table of contents, preface, foreword, introduction, prologue
    Coordinate terms: body matter, body text

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