Definition of "preludes" [preludes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prelude. (verb)

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• "(It beat out an LP of Martha Argerich playing the Chopin preludes by a few weeks.)"
• "And the women that followed him together from Galilee were beholding these things, not knowing what to make of them, nor so ready as they should have been to take them for certain preludes of his resurrection."
• "Kissing, fondling and oral sex are more appropriately described as preludes to sex or foreplay."