prelude
noun
a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
are preluding
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present progressiveof prelude.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They are preluding gently, playing elaborately fugued variations on a dance tune in three-eighth time, rendered singularly plaintive by the absence of perfect closes.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
