Usually means: Preliminary information before main text.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word front matter:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. front matter: Merriam-Webster
  2. front matter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. front matter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. front matter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. front matter: Vocabulary.com
  6. front-matter, front matter: Wiktionary
  7. front matter: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. front matter: Dictionary.com
  9. Front matter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. front matter: Rhymezone
  11. front matter: FreeDictionary.org
  12. front matter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. front matter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. front matter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (front matter)

▸ noun:  Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.

Similar:
prelims, frontmatter, front-matter, prefacer, frontispiece, foreword, introduction, half title, preheader, headnote, more...

Opposite:
back matter, end matter

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Similar:
prelims, frontmatter, front-matter, prefacer, frontispiece, foreword, introduction, half title, preheader, headnote, more...

Opposite:
back matter, end matter



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