Overture
[n] orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
[n] a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
[n] 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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