opus

noun

ˈō-pəs How to pronounce opus (audio)
Definition of opusnext
as in composition
a literary, musical, or artistic production the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim

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Recent Examples of opus Four components get layered into a large mixing bowl for this frozen opus. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026 Steven Spielberg’s latest alien opus topped the box office both internationally and domestically this weekend. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 June 2026 Despite playing with some of its salient iconography, Van Cleef & Arpels’ latest high jewelry opus isn’t a mere revisit of a theme that’s appeared in its vocabulary since the 1920s-era Egyptomania following Carter’s discovery. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 June 2026 Bad Bunny kicked off his 10-night residency at Riyadh Air Metropolitan last month as part of his global tour in support of his opus Debí Tirar Más Fotos. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for opus
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  1. composition
  2. piece
  3. work
  4. masterpiece
Noun
  • That figure has barely moved in three years of consecutive DDI surveys, across periods when the composition of work itself has changed significantly.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In some ways, with the current composition of the roster, Niko stands as somewhat of a swing player.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of composition
Noun
  • The other great piece of news is that, yes, this will get a localized release with multiple language support, something that the original PlayStation Portable version never had.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • High above Cherry Creek in Castlewood Canyon State Park, a concrete arch bridge has carried travelers, and a piece of Colorado history, for more than 75 years.
    — Karen Leigh, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of piece
Noun
  • Through the mid-1980s, Wolfram continued this work, discovering a number of fundamental connections between computation and nature, and inventing such concepts as computational irreducibility.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This kind of telescope is ideal for solar work, being a good size aperture to reveal fine detail, but not so large as to be severely affected by daytime atmospheric turbulence.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of work
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  • Born in 1906, Visconti was older than either collaborator, and his high-toned, overripe style, expressed in his masterpieces Senso (1954) and The Leopard (1963), arguably renders him an even more remote figure.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In the 2014 sci-fi film Ex Machina, Oscar Isaac played a reclusive AI-tech billionaire dwelling in an architectural masterpiece—the Juvet Landscape Hotel—and a private summer home in Valldal, Norway.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of masterpiece

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“Opus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opus. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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