- preliminary, overture, prelude - something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
--1 is a kind of origin, origination, inception
Derived form: verb prelude1 - prelude - music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
--2 is a kind of music
--2 has particulars: chorale preludeDerived form: verb prelude2
- prelude - serve as a prelude or opening to
--1 is one way to serve, function
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun prelude1
Something ----s something
- prelude - play as a prelude
--2 is one way to play, spiel
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun prelude2
They will prelude the duet