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Definition prelude

Etymology

From Middle French pr�lude (�singing to test a musical instrument�), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin prael?dere.

Noun

prelude (plural preludes)

1. An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
2. (music) 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. [from 1650s]
3. (computing) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
4. (figuratively) A forerunner to anything.

Verb

prelude (third-person singular simple present preludes, present participle preluding, simple past and past participle preluded)

1. To introduce something, as a prelude.
2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.

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