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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
opera
n 1: a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral
accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
2: a commercial browser
3: a building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera,
opera house]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Opus \O"pus\, n.; pl. Opera. [L. See Opera.]
A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.
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Note: Each composition, or set of pieces, as the composer may
choose, is called an opus, and they are numbered in the
order of their issue. (Often abbrev. to op.)
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Opus incertum. [L.] (Arch.) See under Incertum.
[1913 Webster] Opuscle
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Opera \Op"er*a\ ([o^]p"[~e]r*[.a]), n. [It., fr. opera work,
composition, opposed to an improvisation, fr. L. opera pains,
work, fr. opus, operis, work, labor: cf. F. op['e]ra. See
Operate.]
1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an
essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting
of recitative, arias, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with
orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes,
together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a
lyric drama.
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2. The score of a musical drama, either written or in print;
a play set to music.
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3. The house where operas are exhibited.
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Opera bouffe [F. op['e]ra opera + bouffe comic, It. buffo],
Opera buffa [It.], light, farcical, burlesque opera.
Opera box, a partially inclosed portion of the auditorium
of an opera house for the use of a small private party.
Opera comique [F.], comic or humorous opera.
Opera flannel, a light flannel, highly finished. --Knight.
Opera girl or Opera girls (Bot.), an East Indian plant
(Mantisia saltatoria) of the Ginger family, sometimes
seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some
resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name.
Called also dancing girls.
Opera glass, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of
low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and
set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; -- so called
because adapted for use at the opera, theater, etc.
Opera hat, a gentleman's folding hat.
Opera house, specifically, a theater devoted to the
performance of operas.
Opera seria [It.], serious or tragic opera; grand opera.
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4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) |
OPERA
Open PLC European Research Alliance (org., PLC, Europe)
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose
inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but gestures and no
postures but attitudes. All acting is simulation, and the word
_simulation_ is from _simia_, an ape; but in opera the actor takes for
his model _Simia audibilis_ (or _Pithecanthropos stentor_) -- the ape
that howls.
The actor apes a man -- at least in shape;
The opera performer apes and ape.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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