opus
a musical composition.
one of the compositions of a composer, usually numbered according to the order of publication.
a literary work or composition, as a book: Have you read her latest opus?Abbreviation: op.
Origin of opus
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How to use opus in a sentence
As the actor, author, and YouTube star gears up to release his opus to the public, he hit the red carpet in LA for a big premiere event.
Venus & Serena Williams Join Will Smith And Family For The ‘King Richard’ Red Carpet Premiere | admin | November 16, 2021 | Essence.comFortunately, the filmmakers themselves have answered at least a few of the questions that arise from their ominous opus, which is now available on Amazon and other VOD platforms.
Queer horror film chokes on surrealist pretensions in ‘The One You Feed’ | John Paul King | January 15, 2021 | Washington BladeRyan Day and Ohio State’s coaching staff conducted their magnum opus against Clemson.
What To Watch For In The College Football National Championship | Richard Johnson | January 11, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightFor his own part, he was little concerned with the labels others put on his opus.
Claude Bolling, French pianist who melded jazz and classical music, dies at 90 | Emily Langer | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostWhen I recently finished writing the story of my data, the magnum opus fit on fewer than two dozen printed pages.
An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience - Issue 94: Evolving | Grigori Guitchounts | December 30, 2020 | Nautilus
His newest opus is the Kickstarter financed Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down.
About praising and embracing the booty in all of its forms, the song, in a way, could be seen as an opus of sorts for Minaj.
Nicki Minaj’s Ass-tastic ‘Anaconda’ Video and the Curse of the Butt Career | Kevin Fallon | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was the dorm-room cult classic Fight Club and the endlessly quotable Mike Judge magnum opus Office Space.
Complaining Like It’s 1999: ‘Fight Club,’ ‘American Beauty,’ and the Revolt of the Cubicle Drone | Arthur Chu | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen something wonderfully awful happened to help Roth complete his own libidinous opus.
For years, it was her dream to create an illustrated “magnum opus” that addressed shortcomings in American sex education.
‘Oh Joy Sex Toy’: The Internet’s Most Radical Sex-Fueled Comic Strip | Rich Goldstein | May 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe regarded his organ in St. Paul's Cathedral (rebuilt in 1899), as his magnum opus.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerA wall so faced looked as if covered with a net (B in Fig. 59) and was therefore called opus rticultum.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonTo behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteThe works that bear a higher opus number than 65 were published after the composer's death by Fontana.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe Waltz without opus number and the Sonata, Op. 4, are likewise posthumous publications.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick Niecks
British Dictionary definitions for opus
/ (ˈəʊpəs, ˈɔp-) /
an artistic composition, esp a musical work
(often capital) (usually followed by a number) a musical composition by a particular composer, generally catalogued in order of publication: Beethoven's opus 61 is his violin concerto
Origin of opus
1- Abbreviation: op.
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