prelude

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows (Freq. 1)
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
• Syn:
preliminary, overture
• Derivationally related forms:
preliminary (for: preliminary)
• Hypernyms:
origin, origination, inception
2. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
• Hypernyms:
music
• Hyponyms:
chorale prelude

II - verb

1. serve as a prelude or opening to
• Hypernyms:
serve, function
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. play as a prelude
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play, spiel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They will prelude the duet

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  preliminary, overture