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prologue
[ proh-lawg, -log ]
noun
- a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel. Compare epilogue ( def 1 ).
- an introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play. Compare epilogue ( def 3 ).
- the actor or actress who delivers the introductory speech that calls attention to the theme of a play. Compare epilogue ( def 4 ).
- an introductory scene, preceding the first act of a play, opera, etc.
- any introductory proceeding, event, etc.:
Appetizing delicacies were the prologue to a long dinner.
verb (used with object)
- to introduce with or as if with a prologue.
prologue
/ ˈprəʊlɒɡ /
noun
- the prefatory lines introducing a play or speech
- the actor speaking these lines
- a preliminary act or event
- in early opera
- an introductory scene in which a narrator summarizes the main action of the work
- a brief independent play preceding the opera, esp one in honour of a patron
verb
- tr to introduce or preface with or as if with a prologue
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Other Words From
- pro·logu·ist pro·log·ist noun
- pro·logue·like pro·log·like adjective
- un·pro·logued adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prologue1
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Example Sentences
Here is a title that, in its prologue, tasks players with fighting a horde of angels on top of a moving jet.
“The past is prologue,” says a Democratic House leadership aide.
It also features a scene that is shockingly reminiscent of the prologue in The Dark Knight Rises.
These moves are positive, but if past is prologue, any real change could take years to enact.
But in a nation that has existed for more than 5,000 years, the past is more than a prologue.
Trewely is here three syllables, which is the normal form; cf. Prologue, 761; Kn.
Both in the present passage and in the Pardoner's Prologue the verb to erme is used with the same sb., viz.
And this was as it should be; the intent of that little prologue was merely to whet the appetite for the real play.
Used ludicrously to mean a feat of horsemanship in l. 50 of the Manciple's Prologue.
The dropped word is clearly here, which rimes with manere in the Miller's Prologue, and elsewhere.
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