Found 3 items, similar to Preluding.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: prelude
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: prelude
prelude
n 1: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces
what follows;
“training is a necessary preliminary to
employment”;
“drinks were the overture to dinner” [syn:
preliminary,
overture]
2: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
v 1: serve as a prelude or opening to
2: play as a prelude
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preluding
Prelude
\Pre*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Preluded; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Preluding.] [L. praeludere, praelusum; prae before +
ludere to play: cf. F. pr['e]luder. See
Ludicrous.]
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory
performance; to serve as prelude.
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The musicians preluded on their instruments. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to
the point. --Jeffrey.
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