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(verb) play as a prelude, of musical pieces |
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Related Words: play, render, spiel |
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(verb) serve as a prelude to |
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Related Words: function, serve |
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(noun) music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera |
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Related Words: chorale prelude, music |
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(noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" |
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Synonyms: overture, preliminary |
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Related Words: genesis, inception, origin, origination |
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