Dictionary Entry
prelude
prelude is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.
- 2intransitive verb
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as prelude.
- 3transitive verb
To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.
- 4transitive verb
To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
- 5noun
music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- 6noun
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
"drinks were the overture to dinner"
Synonyms
- 7verb
play as a prelude
- 8verb
serve as a prelude or opening to
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