Overture and Present

Overture

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

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

Present noun - The time currently existing or in progress.

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Overture and present are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overture" instead a noun "Present".

sound	sound overture	sound present
full	full overture	full present
original	original overture	original present
many	many overture	many present
Other adjectives: romantic, actual, little, main, famous, new, unusual.

The original cast recording heavily abridged the Entr'acte, but for once did not present it as the overture.

Source: Medley Overture
He was among the very first film score composers to present an orchestral overture as a prelude to the actual film.

Source: Music / Miklós Rózsa
The trope is also present in the series proper (Overture, Black Plague and Requiem), owing to their focus on Psychological Horror - and when we say they offer this in spades, we really mean it.

Source: Nothing Is Scarier / Video Games

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