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

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1. prelude

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

   Antonyms:
   sequel, conclusion

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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

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1. prelude

   Synonyms:
   n. introduction (to a piece of music), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium

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1. List of paraphrases for "prelude":

   lead-up, preamble, precursor, introduction, run-up

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1. Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon:

   What we’ve seen overnight is the prelude of things to come, following the signing of the nuclear agreement and the lifting of sanctions. An Iran that can funnel additional funds and weapons to terror organizations operating against Israel and Western interests in the region.

2. 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.

3. President Biden:

   Every indication suggests these actions will almost certainly be used as a prelude to even further aggression and an even larger invasion. If that occurs, many Ukrainians could die, the humanitarian consequences could be catastrophic. And the threat will not stop with Ukraine. All the free nations of the world will be affected if Putin’s aggression is allowed to stand unchallenged.

4. Reinhold Niebuhr:

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

5. Eduard Hanslick:

   The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel.