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. John McCain:

   The truth of that narrative is evidently of secondary importance, as the article exposed how the White House manipulated and, in some cases, manufactured facts to sell the reckless Iran nuclear deal to the American people as a prelude to large-scale disengagement from the Middle East, president Obama has taken great pains to set himself apart from his predecessor. He has succeeded in at least one respect by failing to find the courage to challenge his own assumptions, admit mistakes, and chart a better course.

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. Henry Rome:

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

4. Valentyn Zemlyansky:

   What's been happening the past few days, these statements by Miller and Putin, is all just a prelude for talks between Russia and Ukraine over a summer deal.

5. Reinhold Niebuhr:

   Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.