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noun, plural oeu·vres

[œ-vruh] . French.

the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.

any one of the works of a writer, painter, or the like.

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oeuvre (œvrə)

—n
1.	a work of art, literature, music, etc
2.	the total output of a writer, painter, etc

[ultimately from Latin opera, plural of opus work]

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Word Origin & History

oeuvre

"a work," esp. a work of literature, also "the body of work produced by an artist," 1875, from Fr. oeuvre "work," from L. opera (see opus).

Example sentences

And yet, nothing could be more fraudulent than the idea of a homogeneous oeuvre with a single name attached to it.

These days, he cycles selections from his vast oeuvre in and out of circulation.

If the book is judged deficient, cite a successful example along the same lines, from the author's oeuvre or elsewhere.

The entire oeuvre of the machine had been executed in private sessions with the

company's team.

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