prelude

noun

/ˈpreljuːd/

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a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece
- the prelude to Act II
- J S Bach’s preludes and fugues
Extra Examples
- ‘The Magnificat’ opens with a long organ prelude.
- The theme recalls the prelude to Wagner's ‘Lohengrin’.
- seven preludes for piano
Topics Musicc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- instrumental
- orchestral
- organ
- …
verb + prelude
- open with
preposition
- prelude for
- prelude to
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prelude (to something) an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it
Extra Examples
- This is just a prelude to a larger attack.
- Every life is but a prelude to a death.
- He considered the strikes a prelude to the great socialist revolution.
- This analysis will serve as a prelude to a more extended examination.
- a necessary prelude to privatization
- events held as a prelude to the Christmas festivities
- the fear that any peace was merely a prelude to war
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- essential
- inevitable
- necessary
- …
verb + prelude
- serve as
- consider something
- see something as
- …
preposition
- as a prelude
- prelude for
- prelude to
- …
phrases
- a prelude to war
- be but a prelude to something
- be just a prelude to something
- …
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French prélude, from medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere ‘play beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + ludere ‘to play’.

单词	prelude
释义	prelude noun /ˈpreljuːd/ /ˈpreljuːd/ jump to other results a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece the prelude to Act II J S Bach’s preludes and fugues Extra Examples ‘The Magnificat’ opens with a long organ prelude. The theme recalls the prelude to Wagner's ‘Lohengrin’. seven preludes for piano Topics Musicc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective instrumental orchestral organ … verb + prelude open with preposition prelude for prelude to See full entry prelude (to something) an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it Extra Examples This is just a prelude to a larger attack. Every life is but a prelude to a death. He considered the strikes a prelude to the great socialist revolution. This analysis will serve as a prelude to a more extended examination. a necessary prelude to privatization events held as a prelude to the Christmas festivities the fear that any peace was merely a prelude to war Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective essential inevitable necessary … verb + prelude serve as consider something see something as … preposition as a prelude prelude for prelude to … phrases a prelude to war be but a prelude to something be just a prelude to something … See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French prélude, from medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere ‘play beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + ludere ‘to play’.
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