epilogue
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/
Noun
epilogue (plural epilogues)
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- The performer who gives this speech
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
Synonyms
- (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
- (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”): prologue
- (antonym(s) of “brief script at the end of a literary piece”): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword
Derived terms
Translations
short speech at the end of a play
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the performer who gives this speech
brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
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component of a computer program
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Verb
epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)
- (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.
References
- “epilogue”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “epilogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “epilogue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.