overture

overture /'ouvətjuə/
  • danh từ
    • sự đàm phán, sự thương lượng
    • ((thường) số nhiều) lời đề nghị
      • to make overtures to somebody: đề nghị với ai
      • peace overtures: đề nghi với ai
      • peace overtures: đề nghị hoà bình
      • overtures of friendship: sự làm thân
    • (âm nhạc) khúc mở màn

Xem thêm: preliminary, prelude, advance, approach, feeler



overture

Từ điển Collocation

overture noun

1 (usually overtures) friendly behaviour

ADJ. friendly | diplomatic, peace, sexual

VERB + OVERTURE make | receive | respond to | reject, spurn She spurned his overtures of love.

PREP. ~s of overtures of friendship | ~s to He made friendly overtures to his new neighbours.

2 piece of music

ADJ. operatic, symphonic

PREP. ~ to the overture to Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
  • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; preliminary, prelude

    training is a necessary preliminary to employment

    drinks were the overture to dinner

  • a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; advance, approach, feeler

    she rejected his advances

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

overtures
syn.: bid introduction offer prelude proposal