| Text | Length |
| Opening words | 13 |
| Prologue | 8 |
| Lead-in | 7 |
| Opening bars | 12 |
| Emcee's opening | 19 |
| Emcee's job | 15 |
| Musical vamp | 12 |
| Emcee's spiel | 17 |
| Emcee's delivery | 20 |
| Prelude | 7 |
| Speaker's need | 18 |
| Opening statement | 17 |
| Job for an emcee | 16 |
| Type of opening | 15 |
| Speaker's lead-in | 21 |
| Preface, for short | 18 |
| Lead-in, briefly | 16 |
| Freshman course word | 20 |
| Emcee's words | 17 |
| Emcee's task | 16 |
| Conclusion's opposite | 25 |
| Shortened word in college catalogs | 34 |
| Short preamble | 14 |
| Proem | 5 |
| Prelude, for short | 18 |
| Pop song lead-in | 16 |
| Opening lines | 13 |
| Musician's lead-in | 22 |
| Musical lead-in | 15 |
| Many a frosh course | 19 |
| Lead-in, for short | 18 |
| It could be four bars | 21 |
| Introduction, for short | 23 |
| Foreword, for short | 19 |
| Foreword, briefly | 17 |
| DJ's concern | 16 |
| Book opener | 11 |
| 101 class, briefly | 18 |
| Words from an emcee | 19 |
| Speech starter | 14 |
| Short beginning | 15 |
| Prefix with version | 19 |
| Part of the front matter | 24 |
| Opening words, for short | 24 |
| Opening remarks, briefly | 24 |
| Headliner's cue | 19 |
| Foreword, e.g. | 14 |
| First words | 11 |
| First few bars | 14 |
| Exordium, informally | 20 |
| Emcee's prologue | 20 |
| Emcee's offering | 20 |
| Emcee's line | 16 |
| Emcee's duty | 16 |
| "101" class, briefly | 30 |
| Words before the talk show guest enters | 39 |
| Words about a speaker, briefly | 30 |
| Warm-up before an audience, maybe | 33 |
| Vamp's relative | 19 |
| Starting words | 14 |
| Start of a jazz piece | 21 |
| Speaker's start | 19 |
| Song's opening bars | 23 |
| Song starter | 12 |
| Song prelude | 12 |
| Song part before the opening line | 33 |
| Some words from the emcee | 25 |
| Short track to start an album, perhaps | 38 |
| Short preface? | 14 |
| Short opening speech | 20 |
| Relative of prelim | 18 |
| Relative of a prelim | 20 |
| Prologue, for short | 19 |
| Proem or prelude | 16 |
| Preliminary remarks (Abbr.) | 27 |
| Preliminary remarks | 19 |
| Preliminary comment | 19 |
| Prelim's relative | 21 |
| Prefix for version | 18 |
| Prefix for mission | 18 |
| Preface, briefly | 16 |
| Preamble, for short | 19 |
| Pop-song lead-in | 16 |
| Podium prelim | 13 |
| Performance lead-in | 19 |
| Part of a musical piece | 23 |
| Overture, for short | 19 |
| Overture or prelude | 19 |
| Opening, for short | 18 |
| Opening statement, for short | 28 |
| Opening spiel | 13 |
| Opening speech | 14 |
| Opening segment, for short | 26 |
| Opening remark | 14 |
| Opening musical bars, for short | 31 |
| Opening monologue, for short | 28 |
| Opening (Abbr.) | 15 |
| Not the outro | 13 |
| Musical start, for short | 24 |
| Musical prelim | 14 |
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