Usually means: Introduction outlining reasons and intent.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word preamble:

General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. preamble: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. preamble: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preamble: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preamble: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preamble: Vocabulary.com
  6. Preamble, preamble: Wordnik
  7. preamble: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. preamble: Wiktionary
  9. preamble: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. preamble: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. preamble: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. preamble: Dictionary.com
  13. preamble: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. preamble: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Preamble (anthem), Preamble (communication), Preamble: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Preamble: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. preamble: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. preamble: Rhymezone
  19. preamble: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. preamble: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. preamble: Free Dictionary
  22. preamble: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. preamble: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. preamble: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. preamble: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. preamble: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  2. preamble: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preamble: Political

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Preamble: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
noun:  (computing, networking) A syncword.
verb:  (intransitive) To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks.

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