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overture

/ overture /

noun

noun Sense 1

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

Type of:

music

noun Sense 2

a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

"she rejected his advances"

Type of:

suggestion proposition proffer

Derived:

approach

noun Sense 3

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"

"drinks were the overture to dinner"

Type of:

origin origination inception

Derived:

prelude

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