The outcome or result of a process or act.
The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
A decision reached after careful thought.
An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
The end, finish, close or last part of something.
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
A forerunner to anything.
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
To introduce something, as a prelude.