overture

[O·ver*ture]

An overture is a piece of music played by an orchestra at the beginning of an opera or play. When an overture begins, the actors take their places and wait for the curtain to rise.

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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

Noun
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

Noun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"

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"



An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.


Disclosure; discovery; revelation.


A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.


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.

v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.


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. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman. 2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
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.

Overture

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

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

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Usage Examples

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger.

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