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prelude
[prel-yood, preyl-, prey-lood, pree-]
noun
a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
Synonyms: , ,any action, event, comment, etc. that precedes something else.
Music.
a relatively short, independent instrumental composition, free in form and resembling an improvisation.
a piece that precedes a more important movement.
the overture to an opera.
an independent piece, of moderate length, sometimes used as an introduction to a fugue.
music opening a church service; an introductory voluntary.
verb (used with object)
to serve as a prelude or introduction to.
to introduce by a prelude.
to play as a prelude.
verb (used without object)
to serve as a prelude.
to give a prelude.
to play a prelude.
prelude
/ prɪˈljuːsərɪ, prɪˈljuːʒən, prɪˈljuːsɪv, ˈprɛljuːd, prɪˈljuːdə, ˈprɛljʊdə /
noun
a piece of music that precedes a fugue, or forms the first movement of a suite, or an introduction to an act in an opera, etc
(esp for piano) a self-contained piece of music
something serving as an introduction or preceding event, occurrence, etc
verb
to serve as a prelude to (something)
(tr) to introduce by a prelude
Other Word Forms
- preluder noun
- preludial adjective
- preludious adjective
- preludiously adverb
- unpreluded adjective
- ˈܲ adverb
- prelusion noun
- prelusive adjective
- ˈܻ徱 adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prelude1
Example Sentences
Yet the Southern California scores were a modest prelude to the job in Lebec.
Woven throughout this prelude and the rest of the film is footage from Hernandez’s father’s archives; spots on local Texas public access television and new-age health videos extolling the properties of vitamins or infrared-beaming glasses.
There were rambling courtroom monologues, questionable medical episodes and theatrical outbursts which were often directed at his own lawyers as a prelude to sacking them.
President Trump signed an executive order that could be a prelude to a legal challenge of a California law that banned suspension of students for “willfully defiant” conduct.
The piece is a prelude to his memoir, “Who Knew,” due out in two weeks from Simon & Schuster.
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