Found 3 items, similar to interlude.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: interlude
penundaan, selingan musik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: interlude
interlude
n 1: an intervening period or episode
2: a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the
sections of another performance [syn:
intermezzo,
entr'acte]
v : perform an interlude;
“The guitar player interluded with a
beautiful improvisation”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Interlude
Interlude
\In`ter*lude\, n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL.
inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F.
interlude. See
Ludicrous.]
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1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the
acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to
relieve the tedium of waiting.
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Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes
When monarch reason sleeps. --Dryden.
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2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and
farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in
the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
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3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between
the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama;
especially, in church music, a short passage played by the
organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German
chorals after each line.
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4. Hence: Any intervening period of time, space, etc.; a
pause between phases of an activity.
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