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overtures overtures definition

overtures


 
  Grep  of  noun  overture 
  overture 
 
  Overview  of  noun  overture 
 
  The  noun  overture  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  overture  --  (orchestral  music  played  at  the  beginning  of  an  opera  or  oratorio) 
  2.  (1)  preliminary,  overture,  prelude  --  (something  that  serves  as  a  preceding  event  or  introduces  what  follows;  "training  is  a  necessary  preliminary  to  employment";  "drinks  were  the  overture  to  dinner") 
  3.  (1)  overture,  advance,  approach,  feeler  --  (a  tentative  suggestion  designed  to  elicit  the  reactions  of  others  "she  rejected  his  advances") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  overture 
 
  The  noun  overture  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  overture  --  (orchestral  music  played  at  the  beginning  of  an  opera  or  oratorio) 
  2.  (1)  preliminary,  overture,  prelude  --  (something  that  serves  as  a  preceding  event  or  introduces  what  follows;  "training  is  a  necessary  preliminary  to  employment";  "drinks  were  the  overture  to  dinner") 
  3.  (1)  overture,  advance,  approach,  feeler  --  (a  tentative  suggestion  designed  to  elicit  the  reactions  of  others  "she  rejected  his  advances") 



overtures definition