What is the meaning of prelude?

noun

  • Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows.
    • usage: "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
  • Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera.

verb

  • Serve as a prelude or opening to.
  • Play as a prelude. .
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