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coda

[koh-duh]

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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 core¹(def 14), onset(def 3).

Origin of coda

1745–55; < Italian < Latin cauda tail; cf. queue

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Related Words for coda

farewell, windup, summation, postscript, finale, sequel, ending, conclusion, postlude, peroration, follow-up, adieu, climax, culmination, epilogue, goodbye, closer, envoi, finis

Examples from the Web for coda

Contemporary Examples of coda

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven't seen season five episode eight of The Walking Dead, “Coda”
Norman Reedus on Motorcycles, Multitasking, And That Mid-Season Finale: “This Was A Rough One”
Oliver Jones
December 2, 2014
The scene serves as the coda to The Last of the Unjust, and it ranks as one of the most splendid closing sequences in cinema.
Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’
Jimmy So
February 7, 2014
And then the joke in the last verse of watching Walter Cronkite deliver the coda.
Overrated/Underrated: I Do/Don't Believe in Zimmerman
Michael Tomasky
May 24, 2012
It has also, sadly, turned out to be the coda for its director's career.
Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack
Kevin Sessums
December 14, 2010
The film, opening on December 17, has turned out to be a coda to the man's incarceration.
Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack
Kevin Sessums
December 14, 2010

Historical Examples of coda

He gets to the coda at last and takes it at a somewhat livelier pace.
A Book of Burlesques
H. L. Mencken
He tapped for the coda with the touch of a king knighting an illustrious subject.
Nights in London
Thomas Burke
The coda, as in the other sonata, is simply a strong passage of climax.
Contemporary American Composers
Rupert Hughes
The third section is a varied repetition of the first with a coda.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 2 of 2)
Florence May
It must be remembered that, as a point of structure, the existence of the coda is optional.
Studies in Modern Music, Second Series
W. H. Hadow

British Dictionary definitions for coda

coda

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

Word Origin for coda

C18: from Italian: tail, from Latin cauda

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Word Origin and History for coda

n.

"concluding passage in a musical composition," 1753, from Latin cauda "tail of an animal."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

coda in Culture

coda

An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.”

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