diva
diva
Definition
diva (dē′və)
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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