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Noun
/ˈprōˌlôg/,/-ˌläg/,
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prologues, plural; prologs, plural;
  1. A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
    • - this idea is outlined in the prologue
  2. An event or action that leads to another event or situation
    • - civil unrest in a few isolated villages became the prologue to widespread rebellion
  3. (in professional cycling) A short preliminary time trial held before a race to establish a leader

  4. The actor who delivers the prologue in a play

  1. an introduction to a play
  2. A prologue (Greek πρόλογος prologos, from προ~, pro~ - fore~, and lógos, word), or prolog, is an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. ...
  3. Time is a concept album by Electric Light Orchestra released in 1981.
  4. Prologue is an album by Elton John, featuring recordings made in the 1960s. It features four songs with Linda Peters on vocals (who then went on to marry musician Richard Thompson). Elton sings the remaining titles. ...
  5. Prologue magazine brings readers stories based on the rich holdings and programs of NARA, the regional archives, and the presidential libraries from across the United States.
  6. The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, and consists of a euhemerized Christian account of the origins of Norse mythology: the Norse gods are described as human Trojan warriors who left Troy after the fall of that city and settled in northern Europe, where they were ...
  7. Prologue was a 1972 album by progressive rock band Renaissance.
  8. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel; A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine
  9. An introductory piece that presents the background for an opera.
  10. A short time trial (commonly less than 8km long) which kicks off a stage race or Grand Tour. It is used mainly to showcase the riders, and as a way to get the yellow jersey on someone's back right away.
  11. (i, 1-18), containing what is in a sense a brief epitome of the whole Gospel in the doctrine of the Incarnation of the Eternal Word;
  12. An optional activity which can be used as a pre-cursor to the main event to determine the start order.
  13. 1985. Small instrumental ensemble and tape
  14. Text that appears at the beginning of a story which sets the stage or introduces the story, as opposed to an epilogue, which appears at the end of a story and offers parting comments.
  15. A speech, preface, introduction, or brief scene preceding the main action or plot of a film.
  16. (1) In original Greek tragedy, the prologue was either the action or a set of introductory speeches before the first entry (parados) of the chorus. Here, a single actor's monologue or a dialogue between two actors would establish the play's background events. ...
  17. a prologue is an introduction, including background information, to a story and is meant to grab readers’ attention.
  18. [French] beginning of stage race, usually a time trial, may not count in general classification.
  19. Term sometimes applied to a short first event in a series of two of more. Possibly the first of the two races in a chasing sprint.
  20. An introductory section of a literary work. It often contains information establishing the situation of the characters or presents information about the setting, time period, or action. In drama, the prologue is spoken by a Chorus or by one of the principal characters. ...
  21. The prologue is that part of a processing step which prepares the environment for a process to run. Most commonly, a prologue is implemented as a function within the context of a process-wrapper that encapsulates a scientific process.
  22. A beginning of a stage race, with a short time trial.
  23. (c. 1372) – written at the end of his life (and intended as a preface to his collected works), this allegory describes Machaut's principles of poetry, music and rhetoric.
  24. A short individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
  25. Primarily, an introduction. Most often associated with drama (a speaker comes on before the play to get the audience up to date on events within which the action of the play is enmeshed). In The Thousand and One Nights, we begin with a prologue which is also the expalnation of the frame narrative.