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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.