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

• a series with a definite pattern of advance
• a movement forward
• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• patterned advance

• progress, advance

• progress, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion

• "she rejected his advances"

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

• "he listened for the progress of the troops"

• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude
• Overture vs patterned advance
• Overture vs progress
• Overture vs procession
• Overture vs advancement
• Overture vs forward motion
• Overture vs onward motion

• Progression vs advance
• Progression vs approach
• Progression vs feeler
• Progression vs preliminary
• Progression vs prelude
• Progression vs patterned advance
• Progression vs progress
• Progression vs procession
• Progression vs advancement
• Progression vs forward motion
• Progression vs onward motion