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Prelude

/ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/

An introductory or preliminary performance or event.

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📖 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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Prelude"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
overturenoun	(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
preliminarynoun	In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Prelude"

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Word	Definition
preliminarynoun	A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
overturenoun	(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
prologuenoun	A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
forewordnoun	An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
prefacenoun	A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
preamblenoun	A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
lead-upnoun	An event, or sequence of events, that leads up to something; the period during which these events occur.
precursornoun	That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
priornoun	(Bayesian statistics) A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
anticipationnoun	The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
forecastingnoun	A forecast or prediction.
predictionnoun	A statement of what will happen in the future.
foretastenoun	A taste beforehand.
forecastnoun	A prediction of the weather.
harbingernoun	A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
precedentnoun	An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
omennoun	Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
predecessornoun	One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
introductionnoun	The act or process of introducing.
forenoun	The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.