overture | Amarkosh

Meaning of word overture from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

overture noun

Meaning : Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio.

Meaning : Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows.

Example : Training is a necessary preliminary to employment.
Drinks were the overture to dinner.

Synonyms : preliminary, prelude

Meaning : A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.

Example : She rejected his advances.

Synonyms : advance, approach, feeler

Install App

चौपाल

चर्चित शब्द

pragmatical (adjective)
Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

assertion (noun)
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

facelift (noun)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face. An incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.

millet (noun)
Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

step to the fore (verb)
Make oneself visible. Take action.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.