Antonyms for prelude
ˈprɛl yud, ˈpreɪl-, ˈpreɪ lud, ˈpri-pre·lude

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1. prelude

   Antonyms:
   sequel, conclusion

   Synonyms:
   introduction, preparation, preface, proem, prelusion, overture

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1. • Music
   • Play
   • Serve

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preliminary, overture, preludenoun

   something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

   "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

   Synonyms:
   approach, feeler, overture, preliminary, advance, prelim

2. preludeverb

   music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

   Synonyms:
   overture, preliminary

3. preludeverb

   serve as a prelude or opening to

4. preludeverb

   play as a prelude

How to use prelude in a sentence?

1. The Tribune, Berlin, 1871:

   The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into a large music factory and had thrown all the notes into confusion.

2. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

3. Shirley MacLaine:

   The pain of leaving those you've grown to love is only the prelude to an understanding of yourself and others.

4. Justin Onuekwusi:

   Of course, it doesn't help that almost as a prelude to the conversation you get tweets that are quite antagonistic.

5. John McCain:

   The truth of that narrative is evidently of secondary importance, as the article exposed how the White House manipulated and, in some cases, manufactured facts to sell the reckless Iran nuclear deal to the American people as a prelude to large-scale disengagement from the Middle East, president Obama has taken great pains to set himself apart from his predecessor. He has succeeded in at least one respect by failing to find the courage to challenge his own assumptions, admit mistakes, and chart a better course.

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