prologue
pronunciation
How to pronounce prologue in British English:
UK [ˈprəʊlɒg]
How to pronounce prologue in American English:
US [ˈproʊlɔg]
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- Noun:
- an introduction to a play
Word Origin
- prologue (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French prologue (12c.) and directly from Latin prologus, from Greek prologos "preface to a play, speaker of a prologue," literally "a speech beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + logos "discourse, speech," from legein "to speak" (see lecture (n.)).
Example
- 1. These events may also be a prologue to a longer story .
- 2. Mr kitsch better hope that the prologue grabs the audience very firmly indeed .
- 3. Those of us lucky enough to go to the ceremony itself were treated to a 50-minute prologue , followed by a further 40-minute " warm-up " of the crowd , starting at 20:12 ( get the gimmick ? )
- 4. Instead , if the past several years are any kind of prologue , politicians will continue trying to hollow out judicial freedom by weakening independent commissions and strengthening the hands of governors and legislators in picking judges .
- 5. To assert and repeat these general principles is absolutely necessary , of course , either as prologue or conclusion .