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Another word for opus

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Noun

  1. Something that is the result of creative effort

    See also:

    make

  2. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution

    See also:

    words

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Another word for opus

Noun
  1. See also:

    work

    music

    literature

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Sentence Examples

  • His magnum opus dates from this period.

  • The ruins consist of an amphitheatre (now almost entirely demolished, but better preserved in the 18th century), a theatre, and a very fine aqueduct in opus reticulatum, the quoins of which are of various colours arranged in patterns to produce a decorative effect.

  • The Opus Palatinum of Rheticus was published by Valentine Otho, mathematician to the electoral prince palatine, in 1596.

  • The pavement consists partly of opus Alexandrinum of red and green porphyry mixed with marbles, partly of tesselated work of glass and marble tesserae.

  • It is, however, with the Opus Majus that Bacon's real activity begins.

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