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A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
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A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine
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a prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance
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{v} to introduce with formal preface
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{n} a preface, the introduction to a play
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{i} introduction, opening, foreword
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Speech given to the audience by an actor before the start of the play
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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
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An introductory piece that presents the background for an opera
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In Greek tragedy, a speech or brief scene preceding the entrance of the chorus and the main action of the play, usually spoken by a god or gods Subsequently, the term has referred to a speech or brief scene that introduces the play, as by an actor in certain Elizabethan plays (often called the chorus) and in the Restoration The prologue is rarely used in the modern theatre
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In original Greek tragedy, the prologue was either the action or a set of introductory speeches before the first entry (parados) of the chorus In later literature, a prologue is a section of any introductory material before the first chapter or the main material of a prose work, or any such material before the first stanza of a poetic work
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If one event is a prologue to another event, it leads to it. This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution
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To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue
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A short time trial that is held as the opening stage of the Grand Tours It's usually under 5 miles long, and is designed mainly as a showcase kick-off and a way to get the yellow jersey on someone's back right away There are riders who are prologue specialists, who's goal it is to win the stage and then defend the leader's yellow jersey for as long as possible to get publicity for the team Credit Agricole's Chris Boardman is currently the top prologue specialist in the peloton
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The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;"
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The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp
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a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance One who delivers a prologue
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the part of the play before the parodos
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an introduction to a play
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A prologue is a speech or section of text that introduces a play or book. The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account