ʒən noun
a prelude.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a piece of music that precedes a fugue, or forms the first movement of a suite, or an introduction to an act in an opera, etc |
| b. (esp for piano) a self-contained piece of music | |
| 2. | something serving as an introduction or preceding event, occurrence, etc |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to serve as a prelude to (something) |
| 4. | (tr) to introduce by a prelude |
| [C16: (n) from Medieval Latin praelūdium, from prae before + -lūdium entertainment, from Latin lūdus play; (vb) from Late Latin praelūdere to play beforehand, rehearse, from lūdere to play] | |
| preluder | |
| —n | |
| pre'ludial | |
| —adj | |
| prelusion | |
| —n | |
| prelusive | |
| —adj | |
| prelusory | |
| —adj | |
| pre'lusively | |
| —adv | |
| pre'lusorily | |
| —adv | |
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