INTERLUDE
\ˈɪntəlˌuːd], \ˈɪntəlˌuːd], \ˈɪ_n_t_ə_l_ˌuː_d]\
Definitions of INTERLUDE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an intervening period or episode
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perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
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A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
By Oddity Software
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A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
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A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
By Noah Webster.
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Short entertainment given between acts of a play, etc.; a short passage of music played between the stanzas of a hymn, acts of an opera, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A short dramatic performance or play between the play and afterpiece, or between the acts of a play: a short piece of music played between the parts of a song.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An incidental action coming between others; an entertainment between acts, music between stanzas, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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