Overture and Start

Overture

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

Usage example: the parade down Main Street served as the overture for a weekend of fun and festivities

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Start and overture are semantically related. in preliminary topic. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a noun "Overture".

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

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Overture and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overture" instead a noun "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

full	full overture	full start
brief	brief overture	brief start
original	original overture	original start
proper	proper overture	proper start
Other adjectives: actual, main, new, final.

The first is between "It's the Start/Overture" and "Commercial (Do It Anyway)," where the first song leaves you hanging for the conclusive note until the beginning of the next.

Source: Siamese Twin Songs
A fan sequel to Penumbra, known as Necrologue, has a level that bounces between all three games in one place, starting with the second level of Requiem, leading into a fan-made set of rooms that bridges between the end of Overture and the start of Black Plague.

Source: Where It All Began
Philip even shows his Genre Savvy side and lampshades the need for stealth in one of the earliest levels of Overture (where things start looking really serious).

Source: Video Game / Penumbra

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