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OVERTURE
overture
(noun) orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
overture, advance, approach, feeler
(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; “she rejected his advances”
preliminary, overture, prelude
(noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; “training is a necessary preliminary to employment”; “drinks were the overture to dinner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
overture (plural overtures)
(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. [15th-19th c.]
(obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. [from 15th c.]
(Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [from 16th c.]
(music) A musical introduction to a piece of music. [from 17th c.]
Antonyms
• (opening of a piece of music): coda
Verb
overture (third-person singular simple present overtures, present participle overturing, simple past and past participle overtured)
(intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
Anagrams
• trouvère
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*ture, Etym: [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF. ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.
2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.] It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. Shak.
3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.
O"ver*ture, v. t.
Definition: To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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