epilogue

== English == === Alternative forms === epilog (US) === Etymology === From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equiavlent to epi- +‎ -logue. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/ === Noun === epilogue (plural epilogues) A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play The performer who gives this speech A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine. ==== Synonyms ==== (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”): prologue (antonym(s) of “brief script at the end of a literary piece”): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued) (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “epilogue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “epilogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “epilogue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.