transcription, транскрипция: [ prelju:d, AM preɪlu:d ]
( preludes)
1.
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.
Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
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2.
A prelude is a short piece of music for the piano or organ.
...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
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