1. a concluding section that comes after the main part of a book, play, or other literary work
2. a final event or outcome that serves as a conclusion to a series of events
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The epilogue revealed what happened to the characters twenty years later.
• Shakespeare’s plays often end with an epilogue spoken by one of the actors.
• The author added an epilogue to explain her research methods.
• The trial’s epilogue came when the defendant was sentenced to prison.
• In the book’s epilogue, we learn that the main character became a teacher.
• The epilogue tied up all the loose ends from the story.
• His retirement party was the perfect epilogue to a distinguished career.