OVERTURE
\ˈə͡ʊvətjˌʊ͡ə], \ˈəʊvətjˌʊə], \ˈəʊ_v_ə_t_j_ˌʊə]\
Definitions of OVERTURE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
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Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
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A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
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To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
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Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
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A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
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To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) An opening, disclosure: a proposal: (music) a piece introductory to a greater piece or ballet.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A proposal; offer.
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A musical composition introductory to an opera, etc.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] Something offered for consideration; a proposal; an offer;—specifically, a topic or resolution formally proposed for consideration by a proper person or committee;—a musical prologue or composition for a full instrumental band, introductory to an oratorio, opera, or ballet.
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