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overture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | preliminary, prelude |
| Type of | origination, origin, inception |
drinks were the overture to dinner.
overture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | advance, approach, feeler |
| Type of | proffer, proposition, suggestion |
overture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | music |
Examples of overture
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The crunching of leaves underfoot for me is as comforting as a Rossini overture.
From the dailyherald.com
Mr. Kaczala's decision to dismiss Noe's overture saved him a great deal of pain.
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I'd make an overture myself if I were sure that it would not be taken as a date.
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The orchestra, under the baton of Robert Wood, sounded mushy during the overture.
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Last week, Turkey made a historic diplomatic overture to Iraq's Kurds in Baghdad.
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Barber's style was already strikingly mature at 21, when he wrote the overture.
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Now the burden is on Rob to make an overture to repair his reputation with Steve.
From the denverpost.com
The council rejected every overture for a fair and balanced debate on the ALMO.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The Egmont overture, a true Beethovenian call to arms, had a rather solid feel.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- Preliminary: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
- A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
- Overture (from the French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. ...
- Overture (Oeuverture) is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
- Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. ...
- On Through the Night is the debut album by British heavy metal band Def Leppard, released in 1980. The album charted at #51 on The Billboard 200 and #15 on the UK Albums Chart . ...
- One Piece is a shu014Dnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda that has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise. It follows the adventures of the seventeen-year-old boy Monkey D...
- Pink Floyd are known to have performed and/or recorded a number of songs and instrumentals which have never been officially released on a single or album. Only those whose existence can be reliably confirmed are listed here. Bootleg recordings of the majority of them exist.
