Meaning : Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows.
Example :
Training is a necessary preliminary to employment.
Drinks were the overture to dinner.
Synonyms : overture, preliminary
Meaning : Music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera.
Prelude ka meaning, vilom shabd, paryayvachi aur samanarthi shabd in Marathi. Prelude ka matlab kya hota hai?