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

Definition as Verb

Definition as Verb

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• gain, advance, win, make headway, get ahead, gain ground

• "she rejected his advances"

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

• "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"; "win points"

• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude
• Overture vs gain
• Overture vs win
• Overture vs make headway
• Overture vs get ahead
• Overture vs gain ground

• Pull Ahead vs advance
• Pull Ahead vs approach
• Pull Ahead vs feeler
• Pull Ahead vs preliminary
• Pull Ahead vs prelude
• Pull Ahead vs gain
• Pull Ahead vs win
• Pull Ahead vs make headway
• Pull Ahead vs get ahead
• Pull Ahead vs gain ground