prolusion
31preface — I noun beginning, commencement, exordium, foreword, introduction, introductory part, opening, overture, praefatio, preamble, prefatory note, preliminary comment, preliminary statement, prelude, prelusion, proem, prolegomenon, prolusion, prooemium …
32VALLA (L.) — En ces temps de faveur renouvelée pour le nominalisme et la critique des universaux, il est bon d’aller demander à Lorenzo Valla, un maître de l’humanisme italien, comment la culture de la péninsule est parvenue, dès la première moitié du XVe… …
33precedence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Coming before Nouns 1. precedence, coming before; superiority, importance, preference; priority, preexistence; antecedence, precedency, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, pecking order. 2.… …
34Precursor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Precursor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 precursor precursor antecedent precedent predecessor Sgm: N 1 forerunner forerunner vancourier avant coureur pioneer prodrome| prodromos prodromus outrider …
35preface — n. Introduction, preamble, proem, prelude, prolegomena, exordium, preliminary, prelusion, prolusion. See prologue …
36readying — noun the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose preparations for the ceremony had begun • Syn: ↑preparation • Derivationally related forms: ↑ready, ↑prepare (for: ↑preparation) …
37textual matter — noun the words of something written there were more than a thousand words of text they handed out the printed text of the mayor s speech he wants to reconstruct the original text • Syn: ↑text • Derivationally related forms: ↑textual ( …
38tune-up — noun 1. exercising in preparation for strenuous activity • Syn: ↑warm up, ↑prolusion • Derivationally related forms: ↑warm up (for: ↑warm up) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
39warm-up — noun exercising in preparation for strenuous activity (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tune up, ↑prolusion • Derivationally related forms: ↑warm up • Hypernyms: ↑preparation, ↑readying …
40pro|lu|so|ry — «proh LOO suhr ee», adjective. serving for prolusion; introductory …
