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prelude

Best crossword clue

"Introductory piece"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɛljuːd/Part of speech verb, nounSorted deelpruStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An introductory event, action, or piece of music.

Word origin

From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.

Used in a sentence

  • Adam Schiff, a Democratic senator from California, called it a “very dangerous escalation and a prelude to potential conflict”.
  • In the same way that Rust has a general prelude that brings certain types and functions into scope automatically, the std::io module has its own prelude of common types and functions you'll need when working with I/O.
  • Swimmings of the head and intestinal pains seemed the prelude of dissolution.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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