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English

Etymology

Old French #Old French|overture, French #French|ouverture ("opening").

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈouvətjuə/ before consonants, /ˈouvətjuər/ before vowles

Noun

  1. An approach made to initiate communication.
  2. :The rebels responded to the government's war overture with scornful disregard.
  3. *Usage note: Often used in plural.
  4. a musical introduction to a piece of music which may or may not be an integral part of that piece of music

Antonyms

;musical introduction

Translations

Related terms


et:overture fr:overture io:overture ru:overture fi:overture te:overture vi:overture zh:overture

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.]
--Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." --Chapman.
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2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
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It was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
--Shak.
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3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great
overture of the gospel." --Barrow.
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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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.
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WordNet overture
n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or
oratorio
2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces
what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to
employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary,
prelude]
3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: advance, approach,
feeler]
Moby Dictionary
Vorspiel , 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


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