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overture

noun
/ˈəʊvətjʊə/UK/ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture, from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture.

  1. derived from apertūra
  2. derived from overture
  3. derived from overture
  4. inherited from overture

Definitions

  1. An opening

    An opening; a recess or chamber.

    • c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture

  2. Disclosure

    Disclosure; discovery; revelation.

    • It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us.

  3. An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.

    • overture of friendship
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of…

      A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

    2. A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an…

      A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).

      • The overture was almost at a close; and silence being now more effective than any thing that he could urge in favour of the play, Courtenaye went behind the scenes:...

    3. A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at…

      A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.

      • The paradoxical use of an overture at the end of a concert occasionally gave rise to satire in the musical press.

    4. To make overtures

      To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

      • For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”

    5. Overt, that is, disclosed.

      • Crest : A falcon, wings overture.
      • [...] charged with a cross patty gules, and perched thereon a bird contourne reguardant, its wings overture, of the second; […]

The neighborhood

  • antonymcodaantonym(s) of “opening of a piece of music”
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA