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Overture

Overture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Overture? [n] orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio [n] a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [n] something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Overture: advance \| approach \| feeler \| preliminary \| prelude Related Terms \| Find terms related to Overture: advance \| approach \| asking price \| avant-propos \| bid \| breakthrough \| concert overture \| curtain raiser \| descant \| dramatic overture \| exordium \| feeler \| foreword \| front matter \| frontispiece \| innovation \| introduction \| invitation \| leap \| offer \| offering \| operatic overture \| overtures \| postulate \| preamble \| preface \| prefix \| prefixture \| preliminary \| preliminary approach \| prelude \| premise \| presentation \| presupposition \| proem \| proffer \| prolegomena \| prolegomenon \| prolepsis \| prologue \| proposal \| proposition \| protasis \| submission \| tender \| tentative approach \| vamp \| verse \| voluntary \| Vorspiel See Also \| inception \| music \| origin \| origination \| proffer \| proposition \| suggestion Overture In Webster's Dictionary \O"verture\, [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.) 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"verture\, v. t. To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Overture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overture?

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

Overture In Webster's Dictionary

\O"ver*ture\, [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.) 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.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.

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