pəs Origin:
1695–1705; < Latin: work, labor, a work
1695–1705; < Latin: work, labor, a work
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| —n , pl opuses, opera | |
| 1. | an artistic composition, esp a musical work |
| 2. | (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 |
| [C18: from Latin: a work; compare Sanskrit apas work] | |
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Opus
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
opus
1809, "a work, composition," esp. a musical one," from L. opus "a work, labor, exertion" (cf. It. opera, Fr. oeuvre, Sp. obra), from PIE base *op- (Gmc. *ob-) "to work, produce in abundance," originally of agriculture later extended to religious acts (cf. Skt. apas- "work, religious act;" Avestan hvapah-
"good deed;" O.H.G. uoben "to start work, to practice, to honor;" Ger. üben "to exercise, practice;" Du. oefenen, O.N. æfa, Dan. øve "to exercise, practice;" O.E. æfnan "to perform, work, do," afol "power"). The plural, seldom used, is opera.
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Opus definition
project, productA Honeywell operating system promised as a sop to customers after canning Multics in 1985. Opus was to provide everything Multics had and more, plus total compatibility with the Level 6/DPS6 operating system.
"Opus" was a code name, the system was officially named VS3 (short for HVS R3 or Honeywell Virtual System Release Three). It was to run on the DPS6-plus hardware known internally as the MRX and HRX, and be all things to all people.
The hardware was a dud (though it did run the native DPS6 software just fine), and the goal was, shall we say, ambitious. The effort was cancelled by Bull in 1987, in favor of another project going on in France.
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You'd think that the omnipotent creator would have mentioned such a thing in its magnum opus.
He strung them together into one incredible video that compresses all the news over the year into one seven-minute opus.
Opus one has many amenities that include a bar and valet service.
He had the credentials before he wrote his magnum opus.
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