Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prelude
Participle: preluded
Gerund: preluding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prelude |
| you | prelude |
| he;she;it | preludes |
| we | prelude |
| you | prelude |
| they | prelude |
Perfect
| I | have preluded |
| you | have preluded |
| he;she;it | has preluded |
| we | have preluded |
| you | have preluded |
| they | have preluded |
Past
| I | preluded |
| you | preluded |
| he;she;it | preluded |
| we | preluded |
| you | preluded |
| they | preluded |
Pluperfect
| I | had preluded |
| you | had preluded |
| he;she;it | had preluded |
| we | had preluded |
| you | had preluded |
| they | had preluded |
Future
| I | will prelude |
| you | will prelude |
| he;she;it | will prelude |
| we | will prelude |
| you | will prelude |
| they | will prelude |
Future Perfect
| I | will have preluded |
| you | will have preluded |
| he;she;it | will have preluded |
| we | will have preluded |
| you | will have preluded |
| they | will have preluded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prelude |
| you | prelude |
| he;she;it | prelude |
| we | prelude |
| you | prelude |
| they | prelude |
Perfect
| I | have preluded |
| you | have preluded |
| he;she;it | have preluded |
| we | have preluded |
| you | have preluded |
| they | have preluded |
Imperfect
| I | preluded |
| you | preluded |
| he;she;it | preluded |
| we | preluded |
| you | preluded |
| they | preluded |
Pluperfect
| I | had preluded |
| you | had preluded |
| he;she;it | had preluded |
| we | had preluded |
| you | had preluded |
| they | had preluded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prelude |
| you | would prelude |
| he;she;it | would prelude |
| we | would prelude |
| you | would prelude |
| they | would prelude |
Perfect
| I | would have preluded |
| you | would have preluded |
| he;she;it | would have preluded |
| we | would have preluded |
| you | would have preluded |
| they | would have preluded |
Imperative
| you | prelude |
| we | Let's prelude |
| you | prelude |
Verbs conjugated like 'prelude'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prelude'
prælude,
preclude,
delude,
elude,
præclude,
precede,
precode,
precure,
prede,
prefade,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1561, from M.Fr. prélude "notes sung or played to test the voice or instrument" (1532), from M.L. preludium "prelude, preliminary," from L. præludere "to play beforehand for practice, preface," from præ- "before" + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Purely musical sense first attested in Eng. 1658.
2. From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.
Sample Sentences
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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, and Co., →OCLC:]
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We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point. [1829, Francis Jeffrey, “Heman's Poems”, in The Edinburgh Review October 1829:]