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epilogue (**에**필로그)a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or conclusion to what has happened

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or conclusion to what has happened

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈepɪlɔːɡ/

Korean meaning: 책이나 연극의 끝에 나오는 결말 부분, 에필로그

Korean pronunciation: **에**필로그

Example Sentences

  • The movie's epilogue showed the main character as a successful businessman, which was quite different from his humble beginning as a pizza delivery guy.
  • In the epilogue of her autobiography, she thanked everyone except her ex-husband, whom she mentioned only as 'the person who shall not be named.'
  • The epilogue of the novel takes place twenty years later and reveals the fate of all the main characters.

epilogue

NOUN

//ˈepɪlɔːɡ//

a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or conclusion to what has happened

epilogue concept
💡 Concept

The author delivers an epilogue to her emotional audience

epilogue mnemonic english
🧠 Mnemonic

Epi sits on a log giving the final speech

epilogue rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

From dialogue to monologue, the epilogue flows on

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈepɪlɔːɡ/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈepɪlɒɡ/

🌳Etymology

Prefixepi--
Rootlog
Suffix--ue

Origin

From Greek 'epilogos', combining 'epi' (upon, after) and 'logos' (word, speech). The term originally referred to a concluding speech or section added after the main work.

🎵Rhyme

dialoguemonologuecatalogueanalogue
dialogue
monologue
catalogue
analogue

🔗Collocations

write an epilogue
epilogue chapter
brief epilogue
epilogue reveals
book's epilogue
moving epilogue
epilogue serves as

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The movie's epilogue showed the main character as a successful businessman, which was quite different from his humble beginning as a pizza delivery guy.

😄 Fun example

In the epilogue of her autobiography, she thanked everyone except her ex-husband, whom she mentioned only as 'the person who shall not be named.'

The epilogue of the novel takes place twenty years later and reveals the fate of all the main characters.

Shakespeare often used an epilogue to ask the audience for applause and forgiveness for any shortcomings in the play.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

conclusionpostscriptafterwordcodafinale

Antonyms

prologueprefaceintroduction

Related

chapterappendixsequeldenouementclimax

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