Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
Cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
The act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"