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PRONUNCIATION OF PROLUSORY

prolusory  [prəˈluːzərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROLUSORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prolusory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PROLUSORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prolusory in the English dictionary

The definition of prolusory in the dictionary is of or relating to a preliminary written exercise. Other definition of prolusory is of or relating to an introductory essay, sometimes of a slight or tentative nature.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROLUSORY


advisory
ədˈvaɪzərɪ
boiserie
ˈbwɑːzərɪ
causerie
ˈkəʊzərɪ
dissuasory
dɪˈsweɪzərɪ
extrusory
ɪkˈstruːzərɪ
incisory
ɪnˈsaɪzərɪ
infusory
ɪnˈfjuːzərɪ
janizary
ˈdʒænɪzərɪ
misery
ˈmɪzərɪ
nonsupervisory
ˌnɒnˌsuːpəˈvaɪzərɪ
provisory
prəˈvaɪzərɪ
quizzery
ˈkwɪzərɪ
revisory
rɪˈvaɪzərɪ
rosary
ˈrəʊzərɪ
rosery
ˈrəʊzərɪ
suasory
ˈsweɪzərɪ
supervisory
suːpəˈvaɪzərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROLUSORY

prolocutorship
prolocutrices
prolocutrix
PROLOG
prologist
prologize
prologue
prologuing
prologuise
prologuize
prolong
prolongable
prolongate
prolongation
prolonge
prolonged
prolonger
prolongment
prolusion
prom

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROLUSORY

accessory
compulsory
conclusory
cursory
delusory
elusory
exclusory
extrasensory
illusory
intercessory
multisensory
neurosensory
possessory
precursory
prelusory
promissory
reclusory
sensory
somatosensory
suspensory

Synonyms and antonyms of prolusory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prolusory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROLUSORY

Find out the translation of prolusory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prolusory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prolusory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prolusory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prolusory
570 millions of speakers

English

prolusory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prolusory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prolusory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prolusory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prolusory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prolusory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prolusory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Proletory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prolusory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prolusory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prolusory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proletory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prolusory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலக்கியத்தை அறிமுகப்படுத்தும் கட்டுரையாகப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रलय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prolusory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prolusory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prolusory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prolusory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prolusory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

prolusory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prolusory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prolusory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prolusory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prolusory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLUSORY»

The term «prolusory» is used very little and occupies the 152.346 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROLUSORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prolusory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROLUSORY»

Discover the use of prolusory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prolusory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
... elusion (whence elusive); rare illude,illusion, whence illusionism, illusionist,anl illusive; interlude, whence interludial; prelude (n,whence preludial, v), prelusion( whence prelusive), prelusory; prolusion, prolusory.—Cf the sepLAY,a song. 1.
Eric Partridge, 2006
2
Essays and Addresses Chiefly on Church Subjects
Ludicrous as the whole subject of Convocation seems to the majority of mankind, I conceive that we already owe to its re-assembling a grave obligation : that it has been designed by God's good Providence to prepare us, by its prolusory and ...
Henry Alford, 1869
3
The Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and ...
Prelusive, Prolusory, adj. prë-lû'sïv, prt-lü'sñ- ry, préliminaire, préparatoire, qui sert de prélude. Prematuro, adj. prc-má-lür', prématuré, с. Prematurely, adv. prë- mà-tû.r'ly, prématurément. Preinatureness, Prematurity, s. prë-md-tùr'- П'И, ...
Alexander Spiers, 1871
4
The North British Review
... long prolusion and display, Such turning and adjustment of the harp, And taking it upon your breast, at length, Only to speak dry words across its strings? " That, we apprehend, is an allusion to the peculiar tediousness, prolusory, interlusory, ...
‎1868
5
The Contemporary Review
Ludicrous as the whole subject of Convocation seems to the majority of mankind, I conceive that we already owe to its re-assembling a grave obligation : that it has been designed by God's good Providence to prepare us, by its prolusory and ...
‎1868
6
Boccaccio's Dante and the Shaping Force of Satire
If Boccaccio has rooted prolusory passages of his Decameron in Dante's Cawenedia by means of a continuing series of allusions that most readers will readily accept as being immediately evident. he has in his first novella. in the formulation ...
Robert Hollander, 1997
7
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
From his extreme zeal, we. have no reason to doubt that lie is serious, though occasionally his arguments are of such a nature that we can scarcely credit that he is in earnest : we particularly advert to his prolusory dissertation, the object of  ...
Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, 1806
8
The British Critic
This very original idea being struck out, the author is natu~ rally led to inquire into the nature and springs of happiness; and it gives us pleasure to find him, after a few prolusory strokes of ratiocination, arrived at this conclusion. Happiness ...
‎1815
9
After Hardship Cometh Ease: The Jews as Backdrop for Muslim ...
voted a modicum of serious attention to Islamic perceptions of hala/eha and its specific ordinances, and their prolusory contributions have since been augmented by Adang (Muslim Writers on judaism and the Hehrew Bible, 1996) and most ...
Ze'ev Maghen, 2006
10
The Monthly Review
From his extreme zeal, we have no reason to doubt that he is serious, though occasionally his arguments are of such a nature that we can scarcely credit that he is in earnest: we particularly advert* to his prolusory dissertation, the object of  ...
Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, 1806

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROLUSORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prolusory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Upper St. Clair middle-schooler captures regional spelling bee
Three rounds later, Helena misspelled "prolusory." Suneel correctly spelled "abactor" and then one more word, "unadulterated," to win the bee. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
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