prequel

[ pree-kwuhl ]
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noun
  1. a literary, dramatic, or filmic work that prefigures a later work, as by portraying the same characters at a younger age.

Origin of prequel

1
First recorded in 1970–75; pre- + (se)quel

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prequel

/ (ˈpriːkwəl) /


noun
  1. a film or book about an earlier stage of a story or a character's life, released because the later part of it has already been successful

Origin of prequel

1
C20: from pre- + (se) quel

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