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Prelude
/ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
📖 Definitions of "Prelude"
noun
- 1
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
- 2
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.
- 3
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
- 4
A forerunner to anything.
verb
- 1
To introduce something, as a prelude.
- 2
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
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