Cicero thinks, in discourses of philosophy, the exordium to be the hardest part: if it be so, I wisely lay hold on the conclusion.
Source: wiktionary
Exordium
//ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm//
Synonyms for "exordium" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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41 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- въведение noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- начало noun (beginning)
- увод noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Catalan
1 entries- exordi noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Finnish
2 entries- alkusanat noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- johdanto noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Hindi
4 entries- आमुख noun (beginning)
- आमुख noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- उपोदघात noun (beginning)
- उपोदघात noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Portuguese
2 entries- exórdio noun (beginning)
- exórdio noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Russian
3 entries- введе́ние noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- вступле́ние noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- нача́ло noun (beginning)
Sanskrit
4 entries- आमुख noun (beginning)
- आमुख noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
- उपोदघात noun (beginning)
- उपोदघात noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Spanish
2 entries- exordio noun (beginning)
- exordio noun (introduction to an essay or discourse)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The depreciation of her produce was next insisted upon; and I found this exordium led to the information that Messrs. Standish and Co. had been enabled, from the depressed state of the market, to lay in a large stock of Irish linen at unheard-of low prices.
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This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows.
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