prologue

CEFRB1

/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An opening section that introduces a story or play.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

Examples

  • They say this novel is a classic, but I gave up at the prologue.

  • Victor's editor insisted that he cut out the prologue from his novel draft.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/
  • /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who delivers a prologue.

  2. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

  3. An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.

More examples

In context

  • And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;

  • […]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The author wrote a short blank before the first chapter to set the scene.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.