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overture   (TTS Sound)

The noun overture has 3 senses

• overture -- (orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio)


• preliminary, overture, prelude -- (something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner")


• overture, advance, approach, feeler -- (a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances")