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Prelude

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Noun

1. overture, preliminary, prelude

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

Example Sentences:
'training is a necessary preliminary to employment'
'drinks were the overture to dinner'

2. prelude

music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

Verb

3. prelude

serve as a prelude or opening to

4. prelude

play as a prelude

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prelude

see synonyms of prelude
noun
1. 
a. 
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
b. 
(esp for piano) a self-contained piece of music
2. 
something serving as an introduction or preceding event, occurrence, etc
verb
3. 
to serve as a prelude to (something)
4. (transitive)
to introduce by a prelude

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Prelude

see synonyms of prelude
noun
1. 
anything serving as the introduction to a principal event, action, performance, etc.; preliminary part; preface; opening
2.  Music
a. 
an introductory instrumental composition, such as the first movement of a suite or the overture to an opera
b. 
since the 19th cent., any short, romantic composition
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈprelˌuded or ˈprelˌuding
3. 
to serve as or be a prelude (to)
4. 
to introduce by or play (as) a prelude

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Prelude

see synonyms of prelude
n.
1. An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one; a preliminary or preface.
2. Music
a. A piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service.
b. A similar but independent composition for the piano.
c. The overture to an oratorio, opera, or act of an opera.
d. A short composition of the 1400s and early 1500s written in a free style, usually for keyboard.
v. prel·ud·ed, prel·ud·ing, prel·udes
v. tr.
1. To serve as a prelude to.
2. To introduce with or as if with a prelude.
v. intr.
To serve as a prelude or introduction.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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