Overture

Noun

 * 1)  An opening.
 * 2)  An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
 * 3) *1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:
 * My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.
 * 1)  A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
 * 2)  a musical introduction to a piece of music which may or may not be an integral part of that piece of music.

Antonyms

 * coda

Adjectives for Overture
diplomatic; unfeeling; ineffectual; delicate; joint; friendly.

Thesaurus
Vorspiel, advance, approach, asking price, avant-propos, bid, breakthrough, concert overture, curtain raiser, descant, dramatic overture, exordium, feeler, foreword, front matter, frontispiece, innovation, introduction, invitation, leap, offer, offering, operatic overture, overtures, postulate, preamble, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, preliminary approach, prelude, premise, presentation, presupposition, proem, proffer, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, proposal, proposition, protasis, submission, tender, tentative approach, vamp, verse, voluntary

Etymology
From, overture:, from  overture.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * German:, ,


 * Russian:, инициатива


 * Estonian: uvertüür,
 * German:


 * Russian: увертюра
 * Slovene: uvertura

Related terms

 * overt

Anagrams

 * trouvère

Noun

 * 1) an opening
 * Par l'overture s'en saut hors. (Tristan, Béroul)
 * He jumped out through the opening.

Etymology
, from ovrir:

Descendants

 * English:
 * French: