epilogue
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a playA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
» A short epilogue was added to the film.
Meaning
4 sensesA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
In the play’s epilogue, the actor addressed the audience directly.
Epilog
эпило́гepilóg
a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
The performer who gives this speech
A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
The novel ended with a short epilogue.
Epilog, Nachwort
эпило́гepilóg, послесло́виеposleslóvije
епіло́гepilóh, післямо́ваpisljamóva
a short passage added at the end of a literary work
A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
Examples
4 sentencesA short epilogue was added to the film.
I must confess that I read the epilogue before the rest of the book.
deIch muß zugeben, daß ich vor dem Rest des Buches den Epilog gelesen habe.
The epilogue was probably unnecessary.
The epilogue probably wasn't necessary.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epBorrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.
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