To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
To introduce something, as a prelude.
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.
Of a film or play, to play for the first time.
To present a film or play for the first time.
In a series of narrative works, the installment that is chronologically set first.
The first episode of a television show or a particular season of that show.
The leading woman of a group, especially in a theatrical cast.
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.