Defenition of the word overture

• Defenition of the word overture

  • orchestral music played at the begining of an opera or oratorio
  • a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
  • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
  • orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
  • a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
  • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

Synonyms for the word overture

• • advance
  • approach
  • feeler
  • gambit
  • offer
  • preliminary
  • prelude
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • suggestion

Similar words in the overture

• • overture
  • overture's
  • overtures

Hypernyms for the word overture

• • genesis
  • inception
  • music
  • origin
  • origination
  • proffer
  • proposition
  • suggestion

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