Address and Overture

Address

Address noun - A usually formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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Overture and address are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overture" instead a noun "Address".

Overture noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.

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Address and overture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Address" instead a noun "Overture".

old	old address	old overture
full	full address	full overture
direct	direct address	direct overture
original	original address	original overture
Other adjectives: proper, actual, famous, new, traditional, lengthy.

Happens quite literally in V for Vendetta, where the titular V plays Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" over London's public address system when he blows up the Old Bailey and the Houses of Parliament.

Source: Orchestral Bombing
Besides serving as the narrator of the "Creation Overture" animated prologue and Breaking the Fourth Wall to address the audience on more than one occasion, at the top of Act Two, he's revealed to be "conducting" the entr'acte and then sits on the lap of someone in the front row for a moment!

Source: Medium Awareness

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