Meaning Of The Word Prelude

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prelude
You can describe an event as a prelude to a more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.

prelude in American English
anything serving as the introduction to a principal event, action, performance, etc.; preliminary part; preface; opening
to serve as or be a prelude (to)
intransitive verb: to serve as a prelude
noun: a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance
transitive verb: to serve as a prelude or introduction to

prelude in British English
noun: a piece of music that precedes a fugue, or forms the first movement of a suite, or an introduction to an act in an opera, etc
verb: to serve as a prelude to (something)

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