Hyphenation of overture

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word overture? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

over-ture

Definitions of overture:

1.
Orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
2.
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
Training is a necessary preliminary to employment Drinks were the overture to dinner
3.
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
She rejected his advances

Synonyms of overture:

noun music
noun preliminary, prelude, origin, origination, inception
noun advance, approach, feeler, suggestion, proposition, proffer

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