prelude
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
Other meanings
A 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.
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
Synonyms
- preliminary
Related words
- preluder
- preludial
- preludize
Word history
From Latin "praelūdere".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “prelude” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.