Associations to the word «Prelude»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
PRELUDE, noun. An introductory or preliminary performance or event; a preface.
PRELUDE, noun. (music) A short piece of music that acts as an introduction to a longer piece.
PRELUDE, verb. To introduce something, as a prelude.
PRELUDE, verb. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
Dictionary definition
PRELUDE, noun. Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner".
PRELUDE, noun. Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera.
PRELUDE, verb. Serve as a prelude or opening to.
PRELUDE, verb. Play as a prelude.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.