noun

epilog

epilogue

The book ends with a short epilog.

The book ends with a short epilogue.

The epilog revealed the characters' futures.

The epilogue revealed the characters' futures.

((an epilogue)) ((to sth.)) a concluding part added to a literary work The book has an epilogue that explains what happened later.

Synonyms: afterword, conclusion, postscript; Antonyms: prologue, preface

From Greek 'epi-' (in addition) + 'logos' (speech), meaning 'words in addition'.

Think of 'epi-' as 'after' and 'log' as 'word'. An epilog is the 'after-word' at the end of a story.

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