Definition as Noun

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

Definition as Noun

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
• a minor match preceding the main event

Definition as Adjective

Definition as Adjective

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• overture, prelude

• prelim

• "she rejected his advances"

• "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

• "a preliminary investigation"

• "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude
• Overture vs overture
• Overture vs prelim

• Preliminary vs advance
• Preliminary vs approach
• Preliminary vs feeler
• Preliminary vs preliminary
• Preliminary vs prelude
• Preliminary vs overture
• Preliminary vs prelim