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opus

[ oh-puhs ]

noun

, plural o·pus·es o·pe·ra [oh, -per-, uh, op, -er-, uh].
  1. a musical composition.
  2. one of the compositions of a composer, usually numbered according to the order of publication.
  3. a literary work or composition, as a book: : op.

    Have you read her latest opus?



opus

/ ˈəʊpəs; ˈɔp- /

noun

  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



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Word History and Origins

Origin of opus1

1695–1705; < Latin: work, labor, a work

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Word History and Origins

Origin of opus1

C18: from Latin: a work; compare Sanskrit apas work

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Example Sentences

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.

There was the dorm-room cult classic Fight Club and the endlessly quotable Mike Judge magnum opus Office Space.

Then 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.

He regarded his organ in St. Paul's Cathedral (rebuilt in 1899), as his magnum opus.

A wall so faced looked as if covered with a net (B in Fig. 59) and was therefore called opus rticultum.

To behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus.

The works that bear a higher opus number than 65 were published after the composer's death by Fontana.

The Waltz without opus number and the Sonata, Op. 4, are likewise posthumous publications.

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