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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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.