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postlude

UK/ˈpəʊstluːd/

postlude noun: the final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.

Noun

postlude (plural postludes)

  1. The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
    • In the Sibelian world of song, then, postludes would inevitably sound redundant or extraneous.2023, Gustav Djupsjöbacka, The Songs of Jean Sibelius: Poetry, Music, Performance, page 81
  2. A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.
    • This was Nabokov’s postlude to Lolita, where he relates the book’s genesis.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 313

Verb

postlude (third-person singular simple present postludes, present participle postluding, simple past and past participle postluded)

  1. (rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
    • Mercifully never preceded by a drum-roll or postluded by a curtsey for applause, each poem seemed to arise from the surrounding prose, which Courtenay was successfully endeavouring to make sound as if it was being thought up on the spot.2003, Clive James, ‘Larkin Treads the Boards’, The Meaning of Recognition, Picador, published 2005, page 95

postlude meaning in Tamil

postlude in Tamil

இசை முடிப்பியக்கம்

Forms of postlude

Noun
pluralpostludes
Verb
third-person singular presentpostludes
present participlepostluding
past participlepostluded
pastpostluded

Origin of postlude

From post- + Latin lūdus (“play”) (modelled on prelude).

Questions about postlude

What does postlude mean?
Postlude means the final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
What is postlude in Tamil?
Postlude in Tamil is இசை முடிப்பியக்கம். See Postlude meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postlude?
Postlude can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce postlude?
Postlude is pronounced /ˈpəʊstluːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of postlude?
The plural of postlude is postludes.

Words near postlude in the dictionary

  1. postlitigation
  2. postlockdown
  3. postlockout
  4. postlogging
  5. postloss
  6. postlude
  7. postluded
  8. postludes
  9. postluding
  10. postluetic
  11. postlumbar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: postlude (page history and authors); postlude (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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