Definitions for Prologueˈproʊ lɔg, -lɒg

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prologue(noun)

    an introduction to a play


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Webster Dictionary

  1. Prologue(noun)


  2. Prologue(noun)

    one who delivers a prologue

  3. Prologue(verb)

    to introduce with a formal preface, or prologue

  4. Origin: [F., fr. L. prologus, fr. Gr. , fr. to say beforehand; before + to say. See Logic.]


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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prologue

    prō′log, n. a preface: the introductory verses before a play: (Shak.) the speaker of a prologue.—v.t. to introduce with a prologue or preface.—v.i. Prō′logise, -uise, to deliver a prologue. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. prologospro, before, logos, speech.]


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Prologue in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Prologue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Don Winslow:


  2. Leemore Dafny:

    The insurers don't compete the way they should and premiums are higher than they should be, if past is prologue, insurance consolidation is unlikely to lead to lower premiums. In fact the contrary is true.

  3. James Madison:


  4. Martin Scorsese:

    A short film is even tougher in a way because it has to be a film. It has to be not something that is a prologue to a bigger work, it has to be contained in of itself, we all pulled together and we came up with these ideas ... and we shot five days straight. We also tried to make it a heightened ..., not biographical but reality-based with humor about ourselves.

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