# opus

Pronunciation: say "OH-puhs" US /ˈoʊpəs/, UK /ˈəʊpəs/

## Noun

1. A single work, especially a work of art, regarded as a finished product of creative effort.
   - Simple: A piece of creative work, especially a painting, book, or other work of art.
   - _Critics regard the symphony as the composer's defining opus._
   - _The sculptor unveiled the marble opus that had consumed his final decade._
2. A musical composition or set of compositions given a number that shows its place in the order of a composer's published works.
   - Simple: A piece or set of pieces of music given one number that shows its place in a composer's published works.
   - _The pianist closed the recital with Chopin's Opus 10, a set of twelve études._
   - _Her new recording covers the composer's early piano works, from Opus 1 through Opus 9._

## Origin

Borrowed from the Latin word opus.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/opus (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).