PROLOGUE


Meaning of PROLOGUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ proʊlɒg, AM -lɔ:g ]

( prologues)

1.

A prologue is a speech or section of text that introduces a play or book.

The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.

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2.

If one event is a prologue to another event, it leads to it. ( FORMAL )

This was a prologue to today’s bloodless revolution.

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