ep‧i‧logue (also epilog American English) /ˈepəlɒɡ, ˈepɪlɒɡ $ -lɒːɡ, -lɑːɡ/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: Greek epilogos, from epilegein 'to say in addition']

1. [countable] a speech or piece of writing that is added to the end of a book, film, or play and discusses or explains the ending

2. [singular] literary something that happens at the end of a series of events ⇒ prologue:
a disastrous epilogue to his career

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