overture
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
Types & categories
- music hypernym
Sense 2 noun
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
training is a necessary preliminary to employment
Types & categories
- origination hypernym
Related & opposite
- prelude derivation
- preliminary derivation
Sense 3 noun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
she rejected his advances
Types & categories
- proffer hypernym
Related & opposite
- approach derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | music |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prelude |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preliminary |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | origination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | approach |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | proffer |