to prelude
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6.0
- verb
- /ˈprɛljuːd/
- The rationale for preluding the discussion about the subject of US foreign policy with Afrocentric theoretical perspectives is to acknowledge previous concerted efforts by scholar-activists to shift the geography of reason in relation to how we can rethink the strategic questions facing Africa, especially its relations with Western powers.
Examples
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"Grim faces would prelude their predictions—" loss of speech, loss of movement, paralysis. "Another chart notation, another beep of a strange machine, and they'd leave, never knowing I heard every word.
Fiction book (1996) -
The speaker's introduction will prelude the main event of the evening.
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I do hope this doesn't prelude a meeting in private.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Prelude Number 15."
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Prelude to a Kiss
Academic text (2011) -
Prelude to the crisis.
Academic text (1991) -
As it has in the past, conducting such an experiment preludes an overall orientation change in the government's policy concerning the form of public ownership.
Academic text (1994) -
The warm-up exercises prelude the intense workout that follows.
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This short chapter preludes the key themes explored in the novel.
Synonyms
143
3.8
Slowly move toward an event or result
104
4.1
Happen before something else in time or order
102
3.6
To happen earlier than another thing in time or position
20
4.9
To begin a speech or piece of writing with a short statement
6
2.1
To begin a talk, book, or event with a short opening
1
8.0
To give a short introduction before a speech or document
1
8.7
To happen before something else in time
1
6.7
To come before and show what will happen next
To give a short introduction before a play, book, or speech
To give a short introduction before a book or show
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.9
A short organ piece that uses a hymn tune and often introduces singing
How Introductory
46
4.6
29
5.5
1
6.0
15
6.2
104
4.1
276
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prelude comes from the Latin parts pre- 'before' and ludere 'to play'. So to prelude something is to come before or to introduce it, like a short act that starts the main show.