opus

opus (ō′pəs)

noun pl. o′peraō′pə rə, äp′ə rə or o′pus·es

a work; composition; esp., any of the musical works of a composer numbered in order of composition or publication

Etymology: L, a work < IE *ops < base *op-, to work, riches > L ops, riches, Sans ápas-, work, OE efnan, to work, do

Converse of object

produce: Opened for the Sex Pistols on one of their US dates and produced this opus.
perform: Even the alchemist required a soror mystica, a mystical sister, to perform the opus.

Adjective modifier

late: In higher education we will see the results of Dearing's latest opus sometime during the Summer.
major: His third major opus, on The Stained Glass of New College, Oxford, appeared in 1951.
next: Line 70 gives a short pause at the end of each drawing for you to admire it before the computer begins its next opus.
new: Onto a bit of an update for the new Thornography opus.
grand: The price of the two volumes is high, but this grand opus is worth every penny of it.
vast: Marx's vast opus is not a series ol disconnected episodes, each with specific problems which are later abandoned.

Modifies a noun

signinum: Neither the track nor the opus signinum feature were examined in detail.
magnum: His opus magnum ( 600 pages ) is the book What Did Jesus Really Say?
number: You can also navigate through the full galleries by opus numbers using the links on the right.
floor: The hypocaust was in situ and was covered by an opus signinum floor.
reticulatum: A monumental staircase was found, decorated on its side walls with opus reticulatum, a very regular pattern of diamond-shaped bricks.
mixtum: The masonry, in opus mixtum, has been extensively refurbished in ancient times.

Noun used with modifier

magnum: Bringing things to a close comes the magnum opus, ' All Our Lives ' .
magnus: Customer Rating: Summary: A magnus opus of a rib tickler!
minute: Also the longest too, a generous twenty-five minute opus combining a lot of moods and styles.
horror: From this position of advantage, he has chosen to relaunch his horror opus.
sci-fi: You've also got to laud the filmmakers ' considerable ambitions of attempting to flesh out a complex sci-fi opus on such a shoestring.
rock: More a pop orchestral mishmash than a well-defined rock opus, Bat III is dark, seemingly hopeless at times, and über dramatic.

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