prelude
An introductory or preliminary performance or eventAn introductory or preliminary performance or event.
» They came early so they wouldn't miss the prelude.
Sie kamen zeitig, um das Präludium nicht zu verpassen. — Yorwba
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4 sensesAn introductory or preliminary performance or event.
вступле́ниеvstuplénije, прелю́дияpreljúdija
прелю́діяpreljúdija
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.
Präludium, Vorspiel
прелю́дияpreljúdija
прелю́діяpreljúdija
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
(figuratively)A forerunner to anything.
- music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
Examples
4 sentencesThey came early so they wouldn't miss the prelude.
deSie kamen zeitig, um das Präludium nicht zu verpassen. — Yorwba
This silence can't be the prelude to anything good.
deDiese Stille kann nur der Vorbote von nichts Gutem sein. — brauchinet
Sami's yelling was just a prelude to what was going to happen later.
Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital.
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Origin
From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin pFrom Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.
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