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pre⋅quel
[pree-kwuh
l] 
–noun
| a literary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age. |
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| pre·quel (prē'kwəl) n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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prequel
a literary or dramatic work whose story precedes that of an earlier-written work. For example, Lillian Hellman's play Another Part of the Forest (1946) portrays the earlier lives of the characters she first wrote about in The Little Foxes (1939).
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