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  Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
     ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
     1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.]
        --Spenser. ``The cave's inmost overture.'' --Chapman.
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     2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
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              It was he
              That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
        consideration, acceptance, or rejection. ``The great
        overture of the gospel.'' --Barrow.
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     4. (Mus.) 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.
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  Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
     To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
     some subject.
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  Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
     ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
     1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
        [Obs.] --Spenser. ``The cave's inmost overture.''
        --Chapman.
  
     2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
  
              It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to
              us.                                   --Shak.
  
     3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
        consideration, acceptance, or rejection. ``The great
        overture of the gospel.'' --Barrow.
  
     4. (Mus.) 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.

  Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
     To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
     some subject.

  overture
       n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or
            oratorio
       2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces
          what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to
          employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary,
           prelude]
       3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
          others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: advance, approach,
           feeler]

  overture
     Old French n.
     an opening

  overture
     a.
     (lb en heraldry nonstandard) overt, that is, disclosed.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.  15th 19th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete) disclosure; discovery; revelation.
     3 (lb en often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate
  communication, establish a relationship etc. (from 15th c.)
     4 (lb en Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as
  the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. (from 16th c.)
     5 (lb en music) A musical introduction to a piece of music, or a
  play. (from 17th c.)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

  overture
     Old French n.
     an opening

  overture
     Old French n.
     an opening

  overture
     Englanti n.
     1 (yhteys musiikki k=en) alkusoitto
     2 aloite, aloitus, tarjous

  Overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  المقدمة

  overture //ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ// //ˈəʊvətjʊə// //ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə// 
  1. предложение
  approach
  2. увертюра
  musical introduction

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/ 
  předehra

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  Ouvertüre 

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  Angebot 
        "make an overture"  - ein Angebot machen

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  Annäherungsversuch 

  overture //ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ// //ˈəʊvətjʊə// //ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə// 
  1. avaus, tunnustelu
  approach
  2. alkusoitto
  musical introduction

  overture /ouvətʃər/
  ouverture

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/ 
  1. गाना~प्रारम्भ~करने~का~गीत
        "The balley had the overtures in the beginning"
  2. संबन्ध~बढ़ाने~का~इशारा
        "A scene was shot where the hero makes overtures to the heroine"

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  pokušaj, ponuda, predigra, uvertira

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  1. nyitány
  2. barátságos közeledés
  3. ajánlat

  overture //ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ// //ˈəʊvətjʊə// //ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə// 
  序曲
  musical introduction

  overture /ouvətʃər/
  anteludium

  overture /ouvətʃər/
  1. prelude, voorspel
  2. ouverture

  overture /ˈəʊvətjʊə/ 
   1.  uwertura
   2.  make overtures to sb (make V: :overtures :to NPRO)
   - próbować się zbliżyć do kogoś

  overture /ouvətʃər/
  ouverture

  overture //ˈoʊvəɹt͡ʃəɹ// //ˈəʊvətjʊə// //ˈəʊvətʃ(ʊ)ə// 
  ouvertyr
  musical introduction

  overture /ˈəʊvətjˌʊə/
  1. önerme
  2. (müz.) uvertür.

  
/ˈoʊvɝtʃɝ/

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "overture":
     Vorspiel, advance, approach, asking price, avant-propos, bid,
     breakthrough, concert overture, curtain raiser, descant,
     dramatic overture, exordium, feeler, foreword, front matter,
     frontispiece, innovation, introduction, invitation, leap, offer,
     offering, operatic overture, overtures, postulate, preamble,
     preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, preliminary approach,
     prelude, premise, presentation, presupposition, proem, proffer,
     prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, proposal,
     proposition, protasis, submission, tender, tentative approach,
     vamp, verse, voluntary
  
  

  n. 提议,提案,初步交涉;

     n. 提议,提案,初步交涉
     vt. 提议