opus
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈoʊpəs/
- The symphony is considered the composer's greatest opus, showcasing his musical genius.
- magnum opus
- the entire opus
- the final opus
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Watch on YouTubeOh, you haven't read Proust's, you know, monumental opus, which I'll admit I haven't read.
- Oh, you haven't read Proust's, you know, monumental opus, which I'll admit I haven't read.
- He's the author of the multi volume work, the magnum opus The Art of Computer Programming.
- At stake in Morrison's exploration of race in A Mercy is her attempt to do with race what she did with slavery in her magnum opus, Beloved.
- Someone can drop drop Eric Prydz Opus and I'll lose my shit that big.
- That's what they're that's what they're opus is right.
- And the Latin here is there would be no munis or opus, right?
- So, so, yeah, you just never, but you never know what somebody's, you know, what their what's their magnum opus?
Examples
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This is my magnum opus.
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Only a few months earlier, Rorschach had also published his magnum opus.
Academic text (2017) -
I began my major work, my opus.
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And my associates and I will take a look at your little opus and maybe we can do some business together.
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We got a financial interest in the success of this opus, Miss Vanessi.
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One of them was a massive opus examining William Shakespeare's role in American popular culture.
Academic text (2014) -
I am here to absorb local colour for my grand opus, "Snow on the Sphinx's Face".
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The appendix of his opus magnum details the sources and their locations.
Academic text (1999) -
Yet, this magnum opus explores tendencies of genius almost exclusively.
Academic text (2005) -
Theodor Herzl, one of Zionism's founding thinkers, wrote a magnum opus called Der Judenstaat.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.0
A creative work such as a song, painting or article
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6.5
Written music that shows parts for different instruments
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3.5
A piece of music or writing made by someone
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1.8
A musical work like a song or music played by instruments
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3.8
A piece of music written by a composer
Compounds
- Formal
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8.3
A person's best and most important work, like a famous book, painting, or piece of music
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word opus comes from Latin and means 'work', and composers use it for a musical 'work' often with a number to show its order. The same idea is in operation and operate, so an opus is simply a composer's named 'work'.