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Prelude

/ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/

An introductory or preliminary performance or event.

📖 Definitions of "Prelude"

noun
  1. 1

    An introductory or preliminary performance or event.

  2. 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. 3

    A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.

  4. 4

    A forerunner to anything.

verb
  1. 1

    To introduce something, as a prelude.

  2. 2

    To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.

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