1 a piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or a ballet:
Prokofiev's overture to 'Romeo and Juliet'
2 [usuallypl.] ~ (to sb) a suggestion or an action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have discussions, etc. with sb else:
He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks. * Maggie was never one to reject a friendly overture.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is overture a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, overture is tagged as noun.
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