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Prelude

//ˈpɹɛljuːd// noun, verb

Noun

1
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
"Adam Schiff, a Democratic senator from California, called it a “very dangerous escalation and a prelude to potential conflict”."
2
music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera wordnet
3
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.
4
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows wordnet
5
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
"In the same way that Rust has a general prelude that brings certain types and functions into scope automatically, the std::io module has its own prelude of common types and functions you'll need when working with I/O."

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6
A forerunner to anything. figuratively
"Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution."

Verb

1
To introduce something, as a prelude.
2
play as a prelude wordnet
3
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
"The musicians preluded on their instruments."
4
serve as a prelude or opening to wordnet

Etymology 1

From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.

Etymology 2

From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.

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