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   prologue

   /ˈprəʊlɒɡ/

   noun

   • 1. a separate introductory section of a literary, dramatic, or musical work: "the suppressed prologue to"
   • ▪ the actor who delivers the prologue in a play. archaic
   • 2. an event or act that leads to another: "the events from 1945 to 1956 provided the prologue to the post-imperial era"
   • ▪ (in professional cycling) a short preliminary time trial held before a race to establish a leader: "I got third in the prologue and eighth on the hardest stage"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prologos, from pro- ‘before’ + logos ‘saying’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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