overture

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An opening; a recess or chamber.

   “c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture”

2. isim Disclosure; discovery; revelation.

   “It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us.”

3. isim An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.

   “overture of friendship”

4. isim A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
5. isim A musical introduction to a longer piece of music or a dramatic work (such as a play, an opera, or a motion picture).

   “The overture was almost at a close; and silence being now more effective than any thing that he could urge in favour of the play, Courtenaye went behind the scenes:...”

6. isim A medley of themes from a larger work, such as an opera or musical, typically played at the beginning but sometimes played at any part of the work or performed as a standalone piece.

   “The paradoxical use of an overture at the end of a concert occasionally gave rise to satire in the musical press.”

7. fiil To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

   “For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.””

8. sıfat Overt, that is, disclosed.

   “Crest : A falcon, wings overture.”