PROLOGUE (prologed, prologing, prologs)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: prologed    , prologing    , prologs   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prologue mean? 

• PROLOGUE (noun)
  The noun PROLOGUE has 1 sense:

1. an introduction to a play

  Familiarity information: PROLOGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLOGUE (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)

 Context examples 

It is a sort of prologue to the play, a motto to the chapter; and will be soon followed by matter-of-fact prose.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

If you have not had much luck in the dating world, keep in mind that you didn’t always have such supportive aspects as you have now in this extraordinary month, so don’t let the past be the prologue to your future.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)