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prologue

noun
/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/UK/ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/US/ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/

Etymology

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.

  1. derived from πρόλογος
  2. derived from prologus
  3. derived from prologue
  4. inherited from prologue

Definitions

  1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

  2. One who delivers a prologue.

    • And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;

  3. A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the…

      An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.

    2. A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.

    3. To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

      • […]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]

The neighborhood

  • antonymepilogueantonym(s) of “speech or section”
  • antonymepilogantonym(s) of “speech or section”

Derived

prologetic, prologuelike, prologuise, prologuize

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prologue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA