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(noun) orchestral music played at the begining of an opera or oratorio |
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Related Words: music |
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(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" |
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Synonyms: advance, approach, feeler |
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Related Words: proffer, proposition, suggestion |
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(noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" |
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Synonyms: preliminary, prelude |
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Related Words: genesis, inception, origin, origination |
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