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preluding

preluding is the present participle and gerund of prelude.

Meaning of prelude

Verb

prelude (third-person singular simple present preludes, present participle preluding, simple past and past participle preluded)

  1. To introduce something, as a prelude.
  2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
    • The musicians preluded on their instruments.1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson...

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Noun

preluding (plural preludings)

  1. Something serving as a prelude; an introductory work or remark.
    • In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe

Forms of preluding

pluralpreludings

Questions about preluding

What does preluding mean?
Preluding means something serving as a prelude; an introductory work or remark.
What is preluding the present participle and gerund of?
Preluding is the present participle and gerund of prelude.
What part of speech is preluding?
Preluding is a noun.
What is the plural of preluding?
The plural of preluding is preludings.

Words near preluding in the dictionary

  1. preludeth
  2. Preludhamian
  3. preludia
  4. preludial
  5. preludially
  6. preluding
  7. preludings
  8. preludious
  9. preludium
  10. preludiums
  11. preludize

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