də noun
1.
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
2.
Ballet. the concluding section of a ballet, especially the final part of a pas de deux.
3.
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.
4.
anything that serves as a concluding part.
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| —n | |
| 1. | music the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure |
| 2. | 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 |
| [C18: from Italian: tail, from Latin cauda] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
coda
1753, from L. cauda "a tail."
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
coda definition
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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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| CoDA Co-Dependents Anonymous |
| CODA Children of Deaf Adults |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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coda
in musical composition, a concluding section (typically at the end of a sonata movement) that is based, as a general rule, on extensions or reelaborations of thematic material previously heard.
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Example sentences
The coda, in which the three couples meet briefly and part, was suddenly a thing of haunted stillness.
As a coda, a nightcap also shouldn't stray too far from the movements that preceded it.
The rest are free to idle through a brief coda to their long subterranean lives.
Usually this kind of coda stands apart from the book's substance.
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