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coda
1[ koh-duh ]
noun
- Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Ballet. the concluding section of a ballet, especially the final part of a pas de deux.
- a concluding section or part, especially one of a conventional form and serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature or drama.
- anything that serves as a concluding part.
- Phonetics. the segment of a syllable following the nucleus, as the d- sound in good. Compare core 1( def 14 ), onset ( def 3 ).
CODA
2[ koh-duh ]
abbreviation for
- child of deaf adultadults: a hearing person with a deaf parent or parents.
coda
/ ˈkəʊdə /
noun
- music the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure
- a concluding part of a literary work, esp a summary at the end of a novel of further developments in the lives of the characters
coda
- An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.”
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Origin of coda2
First recorded in 1990–95
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coda1
C18: from Italian: tail, from Latin cauda
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