noun🔗ShareAn introductory or preliminary performance or event."The orchestra played a prelude of cheerful music before the main concert began. "eventmusicstagetimeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece."The pianist played a short, beautiful prelude before beginning the main sonata. "musicartentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program."Before writing any code, the programmer imported the prelude, a collection of essential functions for basic operations. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA forerunner to anything."The nervous feeling before the test was just a prelude to the much bigger relief of finally finishing it. "outcomeeventfutureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo introduce something, as a prelude."The teacher preluded the math lesson with a quick review of the previous day's material. "actioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance."The guitarist liked to prelude his performances with a short, improvised melody. "musicstageactionentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
