Associations to the word «Prologue»

Wiktionary

PROLOGUE, noun. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
PROLOGUE, noun. One who delivers a prologue.
PROLOGUE, noun. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
PROLOGUE, verb. To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Dictionary definition

PROLOGUE, noun. An introduction to a play.

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.
William Butler Yeats