prolusion

1. 1.

   a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

   Synonymsforewordpreface

   Broaderintroduction

   Part oftext
2. 2.

   exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

   Synonymswarm-uptune-up

   Broaderpreparation

Other forms of prolusion

plural

prolusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prolusion

What does prolusion mean?

prolusion means "a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prolusion?

prolusion has 4 syllables: pro-lu-si-on. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for prolusion?

Close synonyms include foreword, preface, warm-up, tune-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prolusion a common word?

prolusion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.