- [countable, uncountable] a dramatic work in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment
- Puccini’s operas
- to go to the opera
- an opera singer
- light/grand opera
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
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- [countable] a company that performs opera; a building in which operas are performed
- the Vienna State Opera
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comic
- grand
- light
- …
- compose
- write
- sing
- …
- singer
- star
- composer
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin, literally ‘labour, work’.
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