Definition of Overture

Noun: overture  ow-vu(r)-chu(r) or 'ow-vu(r),tyûr

1. Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
    
2. Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
   "drinks were the overture to dinner";
   - preliminary, prelude
    
3. A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
   "she rejected his overtures";
   - advance, approach, feeler

See also:
overtrumps
overtured

Anagrams containing the word overture

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