Sekirov Dictionary

prelude

UK /ˈpɹɛljuːd/US /ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/

noun4

  1. An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
  2. (figurative) A forerunner to anything.
  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. A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.

verb2

  1. To introduce something, as a prelude.
  2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
    • The musicians preluded on their instruments. — 1821
forms

preluded · preluding · preludes · preludeth

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