What is the meaning of OVERTURE. Phrases containing OVERTURE
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Blown out is slang for rejected.Blown out is American slang for tired, exhausted.Blown out is American slang for ruined, failed.
an intelligent person
Noun. An act of defecation. From the rhyming slang for 'shit'.
 Secondhand apparel, especially Boots.
Heroin; fentanyl
To urinate
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Marijuana joints dipped in PCP (phencyclidine)
car with open back, like a pick-up truck in the U.S.
A motor vehicle collision. e.g. "Did you see that four car prang?"
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The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.
n.
Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos.
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An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.
v. t.
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.
v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
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To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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Offer; proposal; overture.
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