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coda
1[ koh-duh ]
noun
- Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Ballet. the concluding section of a ballet, especially the final part of a pas de deux.
- a concluding section or part, especially one of a conventional form and serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature or drama.
- anything that serves as a concluding part.
- Phonetics. the segment of a syllable following the nucleus, as the d- sound in good. Compare core 1( def 14 ), onset ( def 3 ).
CODA
2[ koh-duh ]
abbreviation for
- child of deaf adultadults: a hearing person with a deaf parent or parents.
coda
/ ˈ°ìəʊ»åÉ™ /
noun
- music the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure
- a concluding part of a literary work, esp a summary at the end of a novel of further developments in the lives of the characters
coda
- An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.â€
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coda2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of coda1
Example Sentences
“We felt her presence in the lack of it,†he writes of her funeral, a fitting coda to her elusiveness.
His abrupt departure marked a jarring coda to the department career of a decorated officer once regarded as a potential replacement for former chief Michel Moore.
Fernanda Torres’ stunning performance holds the film together with matriarchal love, but it’s the film’s two codas that have left it lingering in my mind for months.
If the Beatles were to triumph with record or rock performance wins, it would be a genuinely moving coda to the most acclaimed recording career in pop music.
But he delayed as the most destructive wildfires in L.A. history put a sad coda on his 2½ years as Southern California’s top federal prosecutor.
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