overture
[noun]
Synonyms:
- introduction, opening, prelude
- overtures: approach, advance, invitation, offer, proposal, proposition

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Related Words: bid, proposal, proposition, tender

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

o‧ver‧ture /ˈəʊvətjʊə, -tʃʊə, -tʃə $ ˈoʊvərtjʊr, -tʃʊr, -tʃər/ noun
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: 'opening', from Latin apertura; ⇒ aperture]

1. [countable] a short piece of music written as an introduction to a long piece of music, especially an opera

2. overtures [plural] an attempt to begin a friendly relationship with a person, country etc:
They began making overtures to the Irish government.
She had rejected his overtures.

3. be an overture if an event is an overture to a more important event, it happens just before it and makes you expect it

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

overture
noun
I. (usually overtures) friendly behaviour
ADJ. friendly | diplomatic, peace, sexual
VERB + OVERTURE make | receive | respond to | reject, spurn She spurned his overtures of love.
PREP. ~s of overtures of friendship
~s to He made friendly overtures to his new neighbours.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

overture
II. piece of music
ADJ. operatic, symphonic
PREP. ~ to the overture to Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲