WordNet: overture, preliminary, prelude
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
- hypernym inception, origin, origination
overture
- (suomi) johdanto (synonyymi)
preliminary
- (englanti) preliminary (derivationally related)
- (suomi) ennakkotoimi (synonyymi)
prelude