prelude
IPA: prˈeɪɫud
noun
- An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
- (music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
- (programming) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
- (figurative) A forerunner to anything.
verb
- To introduce something, as a prelude.
- To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
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Examples of "prelude" in Sentences
- He played prelude only.
- The prelude is strictly ternary.
- It is a prelude to a catastrophe.
- This is just a prelude to autumn.
- Mouse click is a prelude to violence.
- Is it the longest prelude in the world
- These formed the prelude to the series.
- This was the prelude to split in the party.
- The song accomplishes the function of a prelude.
- The prelude to the fighting was the failure of the peace talks.