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

• force to leave or move out
• throw or cast away
• bring forward for consideration or acceptance
• remove from a position or office
• cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

• advance, approach, feeler

• preliminary, prelude

• expel, kick out

• discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

• advance

• oust, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel

• dismiss

• "she rejected his advances"

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

• "He was expelled from his native country"

• "Put away your worries"

• "advance an argument"

• "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

• "This case is dismissed!"

• Overture vs advance
• Overture vs approach
• Overture vs feeler
• Overture vs preliminary
• Overture vs prelude
• Overture vs expel
• Overture vs kick out
• Overture vs discard
• Overture vs fling
• Overture vs toss
• Overture vs toss out
• Overture vs toss away
• Overture vs chuck out
• Overture vs cast aside
• Overture vs dispose
• Overture vs cast out
• Overture vs throw away
• Overture vs cast away
• Overture vs put away
• Overture vs oust
• Overture vs drum out
• Overture vs boot out
• Overture vs dismiss

• Throw Out vs advance
• Throw Out vs approach
• Throw Out vs feeler
• Throw Out vs preliminary
• Throw Out vs prelude
• Throw Out vs expel
• Throw Out vs kick out
• Throw Out vs discard
• Throw Out vs fling
• Throw Out vs toss
• Throw Out vs toss out
• Throw Out vs toss away
• Throw Out vs chuck out
• Throw Out vs cast aside
• Throw Out vs dispose
• Throw Out vs cast out
• Throw Out vs throw away
• Throw Out vs cast away
• Throw Out vs put away
• Throw Out vs oust
• Throw Out vs drum out
• Throw Out vs boot out
• Throw Out vs dismiss