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The definition of an epilogue is something at the end of a play, movie or other creative work that provides a conclusion or commentary on what has occurred or come before.

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The speech an actor gives at the end of a play summing up all the action that has happened before is an example of an epilogue.

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or epilog

noun

a closing section added to a novel, play, etc., providing further comment, interpretation, or information
a short speech or poem spoken to the audience by one of the actors at the end of a play
the actor or actors who speak this

Origin: ME epiloge < OFr epilogue < L epilogus < Gr epilogos, conclusion, epilogue < epilegein, to say in addition, add < epi-, upon + legein, to say, speak: see logic

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also ep·i·log

noun

a. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play.
b. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech.
A short addition or concluding section at the end of a literary work, often dealing with the future of its characters. Also called afterword.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English epiloge

Origin: , from Old French epilogue

Origin: , from Latin epilogus

Origin: , from Greek epilogos, conclusion of a speech

Origin: : epi-, epi-

Origin: + logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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