opus

(ō'pəs)

[Latin.]

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noun

1. Something that is the result of creative effort: composition, piece, production, work. See make/unmake.
2. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution: publication, title, volume, work. See words.

(Lat.)

‘Work’: a term used with a number to identify a work or group of works in a composer's output. Opus numbers are not always a reliable guide to chronology.

Latin for ‘work’, as intended to designate construction, or arrangement of materials in construction.

"Work". With a number, used to show the order in which the works by a given composer were written or published. Opus numbers are most often used for composers who catalogued their own works.

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• Books and Pages - opus: literary work
• Types of Music and Composition - opus: composition, usu. numbered to indicate order in which composer’s work was published
• Latin Words and Phrases - opus: work, esp. musical composition

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Opus may refer to:

Contents 1 Art and music 2 Publishing 3 Computing and technology 4 Other uses 5 See also

Art and music

• Magnum opus, an artist's greatest work
• Opus (band), an Austrian pop-rock group
• Opus (progressive rock band), a former Yugoslav group
• Opus (record label)
• Opus number, a method of identifying compositions
• Opus III, an English techno group
• Opus, an album by Mr. Sam

Publishing

• Opus (comic strip)

Opus the Penguin, title character of the strip

• Opus, student newspaper of the University of Newcastle, Australia
• Opus (1984–1988), magazine of classical music record reviews
• Kraken Opus, publisher of premium, outsized editions on subjects including sports teams and celebrities

Computing and technology

• Opus (content management system)
• Opus (microkernel)
• Opus (codec)
• OPUS card, a card used in Quebecker public transit
• Opus-CBCS, a computer bulletin board system
• Directory Opus, a file manager program

Other uses

• Opus (mythology)
• Opus (play)
• Opus, Greece
• Opus College of Business
• Opus Group Berhad, a consortium of several different companies
• Opus, a bus manufactured by Optima Bus Corporation

See also

• Opus One (disambiguation)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - opus, arbejde

Nederlands (Dutch)
afzonderlijke compositie (muziek), kunstwerk, opus

Français (French)
n. - opus

Deutsch (German)
n. - Opus, Werk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (πνευματικό) έργο, δημιουργική εργασία, μουσική σύνθεση

Italiano (Italian)
opera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - opus (m), ópera (f)

Русский (Russian)
опус

Español (Spanish)
n. - opus

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - opus, (musik)verk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
作品

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 作品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작품, 저작

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 作, 著作, 作品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قطعه موسيقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יצירה אמנותית, אופוס, סדרת יצירות, מספר המסמן את מקומה של היצירה בסדר היצירות של אמן‬

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