ode
noun
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
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pluralof ode.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Month after month, spies secretly met in a secure compound to discuss rhyme schemes, structural forms and heroic odes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The team was undecided on how well Mellencamp’s biggest hits—sepia-tinted odes to small-town America—fit today’s college football madhouse cathedrals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Football "cannot be boosted by singing odes or telling stories", he noted.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Maybe there’s something in the frigid water, as both he and the town’s other beloved cult curio, Guy Maddin, make eccentric odes to their humble homeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
It is the subject of one of his most famous odes, written in the first half of the fifth century.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
