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PROLOGUE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: prologed    , prologing    , prologs   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An introduction to a play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prologue" is a kind of...):

introduction (the first section of a communication)

Holonyms ("prologue" is a part of...):

dramatic composition; dramatic work (a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.)

Derivation:

prologize (write or speak a prologue)

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