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1. (n.) overture
an initiating move in negotiating an agreement or action; proposal; offer.
2. overture
an orchestral composition introducing a musical work, as an opera.
3. overture
an independent piece of similar character.
4. overture
an introductory part; prelude; prologue.
5. (v.t.) overture
to submit as an overture or proposal.
6. overture
to make an overture or proposal to.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF)
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1. (noun) overture
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
2. (noun) 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. (noun) overture, advance, approach, feeler
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his advances"
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Sense: a piece of music played as an introduction to an opera etc.
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 Afrikaans: voorspel, ouverture |
 Arabic: مُقَدِّمَة أو إفْتِتاحِيّ |
 Bulgarian: овертюва |
 Brazilian: abertura |
 Czech: předehra |
 German: die Overtüre |
 Danish: ouverture |
 Greek: εισαγωγή (μουσ.) |
 Spanish: obertura |
 Estonian: avamäng |
 Farsi: پیش درآمد |
 Finnish: alkusoitto |
 French: ouverture |
 Hebrew: פְּתִיחָה |
 Hindi: गाना प्रारम्भ करने का गीत |
 Croatian: uvertira |
 Hungarian: nyitány |
 Indonesian: musik pembukaan |
 Icelandic: forleikur |
 Italian: ouverture |
 Japanese: 序曲 |
 Korean: 서곡 |
 Lithuanian: uvertiūra |
 Latvian: uvertīra |
 Malay: overtur |
 Dutch: ouverture |
 Norwegian: ouverture, forspill |
 Polish: uwertura |
 Persian: پیش درآمد |
 Pashto: پيل |
 Portuguese: abertura |
 Romanian: uvertură |
 Russian: увертюра |
 Slovak: predohra |
 Slovenian: uvertura |
 Serbian: uvertira |
 Swedish: ouvertyr |
 Thai: เพลงโหมโรง |
 Turkish: uvertür, peşrev |
 Taiwanese: 前奏曲 |
 Ukrainian: увертюра |
 Urdu: اوپيرا کي تعارفي موسيقي |
 Vietnamese: khúc dạo đầu |
 Chinese: 前奏曲 |
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