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noun. An instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio.

noun. A similar orchestral work intended for independent concert performance.

noun. An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude.

noun. An act, offer, or proposal that indicates readiness to undertake a course of action or open a relationship.

transitive verb. To present as an introduction or proposal.

transitive verb. To present or make an offer or proposal to.

Eccles., to submit an overture to. See overture, n., 6.

noun. An opening; an aperture; a hole.

noun. An open place.

noun. Opening; disclosure; discovery.

noun. In music, an orchestral movement properly serving as a prelude or introduction to an extended work, as an opera or oratorio.

noun. Something offered to open the way to some conclusion; something proposed for acceptance or rejection; a proposal: as, to make overtures of peace.

noun. Specifically Eccles., in Presbyterian church law, a formal proposal submitted to an ecclesiastical court.

noun. Synonyms Proposition, etc. See proposal.

transitive verb. To make an overture to.

An opening or aperture; 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.

noun. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

noun. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

noun. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

"William Tell overture is not "from the soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange", it is a piece of classical music composed by Rossini."

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