English noun: prelude | |||
1. | prelude (event) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | ||
Samples | Training is a necessary preliminary to employment. Drinks were the overture to dinner. | ||
Synonyms | overture, preliminary | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inception, origin, origination | ||
2. | prelude (communication) music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera | ||
Broader (hypernym) | music | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chorale prelude | ||
English verb: prelude | |||
1. | prelude (stative) serve as a prelude or opening to | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | function, serve | ||
2. | prelude (creation) play as a prelude | ||
Examples | They will prelude the duet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play, spiel | ||
Domain category | music | ||