Synonyms for prelude
ˈprɛl yud, ˈpreɪl-, ˈpreɪ lud, ˈpri-pre·lude

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1. prelude

   Synonyms:
   introduction, preparation, preface, proem, prelusion, overture

   Antonyms:
   sequel, conclusion

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1. preliminary, overture, preludenoun

   something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

   "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

   Synonyms:
   approach, feeler, overture, preliminary, advance, prelim

2. preludeverb

   music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

   Synonyms:
   overture, preliminary

3. preludeverb

   serve as a prelude or opening to

4. preludeverb

   play as a prelude

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1. prelude

   Synonyms:
   n. introduction (to a piece of music), preliminary, preface, preamble, proem, PROLOGUE, exordium

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1. List of paraphrases for "prelude":

   lead-up, preamble, precursor, introduction, run-up

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1. President Biden:

   Every indication suggests these actions will almost certainly be used as a prelude to even further aggression and an even larger invasion. If that occurs, many Ukrainians could die, the humanitarian consequences could be catastrophic. And the threat will not stop with Ukraine. All the free nations of the world will be affected if Putin’s aggression is allowed to stand unchallenged.

2. President Barack Obama:

   That's an area where there's just not enough national consensus at this stage to even consider it. And part of it is is people's concern that that becomes a prelude to taking people's guns away, part of the challenge of this is that the gun debate gets wrapped up in broader debates about whether the federal government is oppressive and there are conspiracy theories floating around the Internet these days all the time.

3. Marine Col. Andrew Milburn:

   Holding yourself responsible often is a prelude to resignation. Not always, but … that's really the ultimate sanction. So, it is hard to take them seriously.

4. Shirley MacLaine:

   The pain of leaving those you've grown to love is only the prelude to an understanding of yourself and others.

5. Henry Rome:

   The way I look at it, this is the substitute for a military response, not the prelude to it.