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| English Dictionary: overture |
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| 3 results for overture |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- overture
- n
- orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or
oratorio
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
Synonym(s): preliminary, overture, prelude
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
Synonym(s): overture, advance, approach, feeler
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Overture \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. [bd]The cave's inmost overture.[b8]
--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. [bd]The great
overture of the gospel.[b8] --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}.
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