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diva Definition

diva ()

noun pl. -·vas or -·ve-ve

a leading woman singer, esp. in grand opera

Etymology: It < L, goddess, fem. of divus, god: see deity

diva Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: She wanted to be taken seriously as a musician, but instead became a jazz diva.
  • see: Catherine Hale saw 'the diva of conceptual dance ' at The Place.
  • include: Faith Hill found time to headline huge concert tours including a VH1 divas special.
  • reign: Despite her personal problems, Scarpetta is still the reigning diva at the department of death.
  • play: I might play a diva but she is honestly nothing like me in real life.

Adjective modifier

  • operatic: Gillett makes helpful observations in this chapter on the complex set of attitudes surrounding the operatic diva.
  • troubled: Can we find 16 more people to force troubled diva to come back?
  • funky: Vibraphonic launches in style with one of the funkiest soul divas in the business?
  • legendary: The legendary diva told the Daily Mail " He didn't ask my permission to have me singing on his song.
  • pop: They loved her for what she was: a pop diva with a great repertoire of up-beat songs.
  • great: The great opera diva of the 20th century, Maria Callas was born in New York 1923, to Greek parents.

Modifies a noun

  • lamp: Recognize some Hindu artifacts, eg diva lamps, statue of Rama, rangoli patterns.
  • search: Reduced but cloning diva search finalists sector quot the game away.
  • finalist: Reduced but cloning diva search finalists sector quot the game away.

Noun used with modifier

  • disco: The more accurate you are, the more the disco diva gets to dance the night away.
  • opera: The great opera diva of the 20th century, Maria Callas was born in New York 1923, to Greek parents.
  • pop: A source claims the pop diva, who is married to singer Marc Anthony, could be six or seven weeks pregnant.
  • soul: Feb 2005 Dressed soul diva Ms Sheila Ferguson for her appearance in An Audience With Joe Pasquale.
  • jazz: Hailing from the West Country, Beth Rowley doesn't seem like the archetypal jazz diva.
  • folk: Perhaps her greatest influence, however, is her mother, the songwriter and folk diva Chris While.

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