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prelude

/ prelude /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

Type of:

music

Kinds of:

chorale prelude

verb Sense 2

play as a prelude

Type of:

play spiel

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Domain:

music

verb Sense 3

serve as a prelude or opening to

Type of:

serve function

Derived:

preliminary overture

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

noun Sense 4

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"

"drinks were the overture to dinner"

Type of:

origin origination inception

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