noun
- an introductory performance, action, or event; a prelude
Usage: formal
Examples
- The opening ceremony served as a prelusion to the main event.
- His brief speech was merely a prelusion to the detailed presentation.
- The warm-up exercises were a prelusion to the intense workout.
- The artist’s early sketches were a prelusion to her masterpiece.
- The committee meeting was a prelusion to the formal vote.
- The gentle rain was a prelusion to the approaching storm.