Meaning

A work of art, music or literature..

Definitions by Sense

1. A work of art, music or literature.
2. (uncountable, collective) A substantial or complete corpus of works produced by a artist, composer, or writer.

Example Sentences

(Calvin) This piece is about the inadequacy of traditional imagery and symbols to convey meaning in today's world. By abandoning representationalism, I'm free to express myself with pure form. Specific interpretation gives way to a more visceral response. (Hobbes) I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic. (Calvin) Well c'mon, it's just snow.

the complete oeuvre of Mozart

Let’s “fictionalize” Foucault’s life by turning it into a biographical account of Foucault and his oeuvre or work.

There, in that pale region, beneath that essential cover, the twin incompatibility of an œuvre and madness is unveiled; it is the blind spot of each one's possibility, and of their mutual exclusion.

Although, at the onset of my writing this catalogue, his forty-eight opus numbers suggested a small output, in fact his oeuvre comprised more than 100 published and nearly as many unpublished pieces representative of nearly every musical genre.

Word Forms

• oeuvres
• œuvre

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