overture
overture is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.] It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. Shak.
- 2.A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow.
- 3.(Mus.) 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.
- 4.To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- antecedent
- avant-courier
- bellwether
- bid
- bribe
- candidate
- candidature
- come
- dawn
- disengaged
- exordium
- feet
- for
- foreboding
- forerunner
- foreword
- forward
- frontispiece
- gift
- give
- groundwork
- harbinger
- hawk
- heading
- herald
- hire
- hold
- inaugural
- introduction
- introductory
- invitation
- invite
- lay
- leader
- let
- make
- market
- motion
- move
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is overture.
- What is disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.] It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. Shak called?
- What is a proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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