Antonyms for epilogue

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ep-uh-lawg, -log

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg

Definition of epilogue

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French epilogue (13c.), from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos "conclusion of a speech," from epi "upon, in addition" (see epi-) + logos "a speaking" (see lecture (n.)). Earliest English sense was theatrical.

noun afterword

Example sentences :

THE preface to a book serves the double purpose of prologue and epilogue.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

As an epilogue to all that has been said, I will suppose a case.
Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

The persons whom Plato ridicules in the epilogue to the Euthydemus are of this class.
Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato

He had the past for his prologue, and the future for his epilogue.
Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine

On the whole, therefore, we may conclude that he would have considered this epilogue to be genuine also.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

Some of these letters are set forth in full in the Epilogue.
Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.

Then (verses 23-28) the discourse passes into what we may call its epilogue.
Extract from : « Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews » by Handley C.G. Moule

Caxton says as much in his Preface, and the Epilogue to Book xii.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

But though the story of the Stuarts was a tragedy, I think it was also an epilogue.
Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton

This oft-quoted line is from Garrick's Epilogue on quitting the stage.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 » by Various

Synonyms for epilogue

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