EPILOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epilog mean? 

• EPILOG (noun)
  The noun EPILOG has 2 senses:

1. a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

2. a short passage added at the end of a literary work

  Familiarity information: EPILOG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPILOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

epilog; epilogue

Hypernyms ("epilog" is a kind of...):

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short passage added at the end of a literary work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

epilog; epilogue

Context example:

the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters

Hypernyms ("epilog" is a kind of...):

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

Holonyms ("epilog" is a part of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))