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overture

('/oU/v/@/r/tS//@/r )

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows(noun.event)

Example:
Drinks were the overture to dinner.

Synonym:
preliminary, prelude

source: wordnet30
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others(noun.communication)

Synonym:
advance, approach, feeler

source: wordnet30

To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.(verb)

source: webster1913

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