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overture
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural overtures
plural overtures
Learner's definition of OVERTURE
[count]
1
: a piece of music played at the start of an opera, a musical play, etc.（歌剧、音乐剧等的）序曲，前奏曲
2
: something that is offered or suggested with the hope that it will start a relationship, lead to an agreement, etc.提议；友好姿态
- The government has made a significant peace overture by opening the door to negotiation.开启谈判之门是政府做出的重要和平姿态。
- He was making (romantic/sexual) overtures to her during dinner.用餐时他一直在对她做出（求爱/性爱的）表示。
- The company's board rejected overtures [=offers] for a merger.公司董事会拒绝了合并的提议。
3
: the first part of an event : the beginning of something开端；序幕
- Experts feared that the tremor was an overture [=prelude] to a major earthquake.专家们担心这次地面震动是一场大地震的前兆。
over·ture ˈō-vər-ˌchu̇r 
ˈō-və-,
-chər,
-ˌtyu̇r,
-ˌtu̇r
overtured; overturing
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun The government has made a significant peace overture by opening the door to negotiation. the parade down Main Street served as the overture for a weekend of fun and festivities
Recent Examples on the Web
Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 But there’s room to grow, and Taiwan made a goodwill overture with its recent removal of barriers to U.S. beef and pork. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 The Free Democrats' leader, Christian Lindner, also appeared keen to govern, making an overture toward the Greens. The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2021 Like the film, the score isn’t all grand overture romance. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 Bates was in the orchestra, playing beats on his laptop, and those present warmly applauded this fun overture. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 The performers start singing a knotty, multi-genre overture that incorporates several of Loesser’s songs. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 The Arkansas Presbytery had approved the overture in October 2019, but its consideration by the national church was delayed two years because of covid-19 restrictions. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2022 Or perhaps, more to the point, something has been added—the gigantic closeup—which blunts the magic that wafts out to even the lousiest seats in the opera house after the lights go down and the first bars of the overture sound. Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022 See More
Noun
Baker turned to former Senate minority leader Richard Tisei in his first bid for governor before pairing with Polito early in his 2014 run in what was viewed as an overture to more conservative Republicans. Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 But there’s room to grow, and Taiwan made a goodwill overture with its recent removal of barriers to U.S. beef and pork. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 The Free Democrats' leader, Christian Lindner, also appeared keen to govern, making an overture toward the Greens. The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2021 Like the film, the score isn’t all grand overture romance. Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2022 Bates was in the orchestra, playing beats on his laptop, and those present warmly applauded this fun overture. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 The performers start singing a knotty, multi-genre overture that incorporates several of Loesser’s songs. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 The Arkansas Presbytery had approved the overture in October 2019, but its consideration by the national church was delayed two years because of covid-19 restrictions. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2022 Or perhaps, more to the point, something has been added—the gigantic closeup—which blunts the magic that wafts out to even the lousiest seats in the opera house after the lights go down and the first bars of the overture sound. Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, literally, opening, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *opertura, alteration of Latin apertura — more at aperture
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of overture was in the 15th century noun¹
usuallyovertures
noun²
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