overture
noun/ˈəʊvətʃʊə(r)/
/ˈəʊvərtʃər/, /ˈəʊvərtʃʊr/
- a piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or a ballet
- Prokofiev’s overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- concert
- operatic
- overture to
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- [usually plural] overture (to somebody) a suggestion or an action by which somebody tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have discussions, etc. with somebody else
- He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
- Maggie was never one to reject a friendly overture.
Extra Examples- He made friendly overtures to the new people next door.
- She spurned his overtures of love.
- overtures of friendship
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- friendly
- diplomatic
- peace
- …
- make
- respond to
- reject
- …
- overtures of
- overtures to
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘aperture’): from Old French, from Latin apertura ‘aperture’.
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