opuso‧pus /ˈəʊpəs $ ˈoʊ-/ noun (plural opuses or opera /ˈɒpərə $ ˈɑː-/) [usually singular] 
Beethoven’s Opus 952 formal an important work of art by a famous writer, painter etc → magnum opus
WORD ORIGINopus
Origin:
1700-1800 Latin ‘work’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Beethoven's Sonata in E Major, Opus 109
- Woody Allen's latest opus is a musical comedy, shot on location in Venice.
- And instead of heading off into uncharted waters, Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.
- But a knowledge of past Wilson works is not necessary for grasping this opus.
- But if Mr Winchester's iconography is sometimes suspect, his opus is almost unfailingly entertaining.
- Eventually, there is a big orchestral opus.
- For a while, it seemed as if he was more interested in shooting his Shakespeare opus than in finishing it.
- It is entirely probable that Bach himself envisaged his scientific and musically profound opus as a solo keyboard work.
- Meanwhile the audience contemplates his grand opus, wondering what comes next.
- The alchemists observed a stage in the opus which they called variously the leprosy of the metals or the blessed greenness.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES her favourite pop singer a famous Italian opera singer
her favourite pop singer a famous Italian opera singerPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► golf/opera etc nut
1a piece of music by a great musician, numbered according to when it was written: - Alas, even the most well-meaning opera buffs have an unfortunate habit of making their favorite indoor sport sound impossibly complicated.
- For the real film buff, however, the place to be has to be BlackStar.
- Inside, bartenders wearing leather harnesses serve beer in cans to an assortment of brutes, heathens, and opera buffs.
- It all started when wine buff Liz entered another competition in the Express.
- Rubbish, I hear all you wine buffs out there say.
- A belligerent crowd of some fifty thousand gathered around the court house.
- Not only was the curtain rung down but the opera house was dismantled.
- She prefers her recordings made live in the opera house and regards herself totally as a woman of the theatre.
- The Court House, where the business was conducted, can still be seen today.
- Then he opened a movie house and said he was definitely done with pro basketball.
- There are two public houses, a butcher's shop, a chapel, and a court house.
- They grew wealthy overnight and had a beautiful little opera house built in the midst of their shacks on the steep slope.
- They polished up the opera house, and every summer stars from the Metropolitan came out and performed.
Beethoven’s Opus 952 formal an important work of art by a famous writer, painter etc → magnum opus