prelude in English

noun
1
an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
education cannot simply be a prelude to a career
2
an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
His surviving output consists solely of instrumental music, including organ preludes and fugues, concertos for two harpsichords, and trio sonatas, much of it strongly influenced by Bach.
synonyms:overtureintroductory movementintroductionopening
verb
1
serve as a prelude or introduction to.
the bombardment preluded an all-out final attack

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "prelude" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "prelude", or refer to the context using the word "prelude" in the English Dictionary.

1. Armageddon —Prelude to Paradise!

2. Smith in his book Prelude to Science.

3. The discussions were a prelude to the treaty.

4. “During that quiet interval, prelude music is subdued.

5. This outing was a prelude to many more.

6. But Jesus’s preaching in Galilee had been merely prelude.

7. The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.

8. The lines form a prelude to his long narrative poem.

9. No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.

10. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses.

11. His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.

12. Thus, popular song was usually a prelude to sexual orgies.”

13. 4 No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.

14. But not everyone sees 40 as the prelude to falling apart.

15. Acheson's speech, Truman was known as " the prelude to the Marshall Plan. "

16. He considered the strikes a prelude to the great socialist revolution.

17. 15 His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.

18. What significant events served as a prelude to the account of Daniel?

19. He talks of wine and women as a prelude to the hunt.

20. 29 His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.

21. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master

22. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master

23. Elgar's conducting of the Gerontius Prelude had particular beauty and depth of feeling.

24. The bankruptcy of several small firms was the prelude to general economic collapse.

25. Several ministers were stripped of parliamentary immunity as a prelude to facing corruption charges.

26. As a prelude to other good times Train Day sports were carried on Auspiciously

27. The final act lacks the elegance of the prelude, but at least it's quick.

28. Novelty ignites scintilla admittedly easily, novelty always also is the prelude of the distance.

29. 2 The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room.

30. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master Miracle Reading

31. For example, you might arrange to have soft prelude music playing as class begins.

32. Living together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries.

33. Instead, their action will be a prelude to the long-awaited peace for all mankind.

34. ANNEX A15 DIVINE SERVICE – ORDER OF WORSHIP APPROACH TO WORSHIP A Musical prelude or Introit (Optional)

35. Error is often the precursor of what is correct, but conceit is the prelude to a fall.

36. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, appointed a transitional government as a prelude to the introduction of multiparty politics.

37. The engineering employers may be willing to reinstate the contract as a prelude to revising it.

38. Thunder, lightning and a torrential downpour provided an unreal prelude in the futuristic San Nicola stadium.

39. That Shchedrin's 24 Prelude and Fugue is an important work of the counterpoint music in 20 th century.

40. 1 History 1.1 Prophecy 1.2 Sinestro Corps War 1.3 Atrocitus 1.4 Black Hand 1.5 Prelude 1.6 The Blackest Night

41. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master Miracle Reading, plus much, much more!

42. But if 1959 had been a bad year, it was just a prelude to the miseries of 19

43. As our older generation knows from experience, unchecked aggression against a small nation is a prelude to international disaster.

44. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master Miracle Reading, plus much, much more!

45. "First Love" is a two-minute piano ballad written by Donghae which serves as a prelude to the title track.

46. The search for the seat of divinity in man and nature is only a prelude to the aspiration for transcendence.

47. Some of the effects include: Brain Echoes, Prelude Book Test, Astromental Prediction, Master Miracle Reading, plus much, much more!

48. Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war?

49. Also, it is considered by many as an anachronism, mere prelude to a party on the river for Hooray Henrys.

50. These offered processing of specific applications e.g. payroll and were often a prelude to the purchase of customers' own computers.