Definition of 'magnum opus'

magnum opus

singular noun [oft poss N]

A magnum opus is the greatest or most important work produced by a writer, artist, musician, or academic.

...Gadamer's magnum opus "Truth and Method."

magnum opus in American

(ˌmægnəm ˈoʊpəs

)

a great work, esp. of art or literature; masterpiece

a person's greatest work or undertaking

magnum opus in British

noun

a great work of art or literature, esp the greatest single work of an artist

Word origin of 'magnum opus'

Latin

Example sentences containing 'magnum opus'

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The 800 million project was to have been his magnum opus. Times, Sunday Times (2014)It's the week of the magnum opus. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Do they mean magnum opus? Times, Sunday Times (2015)Perhaps her magnum opus must be Men at Work. Times, Sunday Times (2015)In his early magnum opus Being and Time the name he gave to the space in which such multiple possibilities unfold was existence. Wood, David Philosophy at the Limit (1990)

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Definition of magnum opus from the Collins English Dictionary

Have

The verb have is used as an auxiliary verb She has run a lovely, deep, bubble bath. Katie had read about the concert in the newspaper. and also as a main verb. See Tense. She is having a ba...