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s | prequel |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun prequel is

(narratology) in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    prequel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.
  • * 1980 , Patrick Robertson, Movie Facts and Feats: A Guinness Record Book , New York: Sterling Publishing, p. 43:
    • 'Prequels' are sequels that relate the story that preceded the original film.
  • * 2008 , 26 February, Andrew Pierce, "JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits, in
    • They are also threatening to block the production of the long-awaited prequel , The Hobbit, which may now be cancelled.

    Usage notes

    Most often used, not as a direct antonym of sequel, to refer to earlier works in a series, but to refer to works that are chronologically before'' but are created and released ''after;'' an archetypal example is the .

    Antonyms

    * sequel

    Coordinate terms

    * midquel

    Related terms

    * midquel * sequel