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prequel
prequel /ˈpriː.kwəl/ noun [C usually singular]
► F0 a film, book, or play that develops the story of an earlier film, etc. by telling you what happened before the events in the first film, etc.: » Jean Rhys's novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'.→ COMPARE SEQUEL(Cf. ↑sequel)Thesaurus+: ↑Types of film, play, book etc. |