Epilogue
['epɪlɒg] or ['ɛpɪlɔɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a short passage added at the end of a literary work; 'the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters'.
(noun.) a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play.
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Definition
(n.) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
(n.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
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Definition
n. the conclusion of a book: a speech or short poem at the end of a play.—adjs. Epilog′ic (-loj′ik) Epilogis′tic.—v.i. Epil′ogise (′o-jīz) to write an epilogue.
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Examples
- Only one word of epilogue. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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