VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / overtures

Thesaurus: overtures

n orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio n something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

beginningdefinitiondesigneddefinitionelicitdefinitioneventdefinitionfollowsdefinitionintroducesdefinitionmusicdefinitionoperadefinitionoratoriodefinitionorchestraldefinitionplayeddefinitionprecedingdefinitionreactionsdefinitionservesdefinitionsomethingdefinitionsuggestiondefinitiontentativedefinitionovertfamilyovert operationfamilyovertakefamilyovertakenfamilyovertakesfamilyovertakingfamilyovertalkfamilyovertaskfamilyovertaxfamilyovertediousfamilyovertemptfamily

Definitions

  1. n orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio n something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others