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An overture is a piece of music, often one that is the introduction to an opera or play. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'overture' American English: oʊvərtʃər , -tʃʊər British English: oʊvəʳtʃʊəʳ. More. Conjugations of 'overture' present simple: I overture, you overture [...] past simple: I overtured, you overtured [...] past participle: overtured.
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Meaning: Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows. Classified under: Nouns denoting natural events. Synonyms: overture; preliminary; prelude. Context example: drinks were the overture to dinner. Hypernyms ("overture" is a kind of...):
overture typically occurs about twice per million words in modern written English. overture is in frequency band 5, which contains words occurring between 1 and 10 times per million words in modern written English.
Definition of overture noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.