Opus and Play

Opus

Opus noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Play and opus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a noun "Opus".

Play noun - A written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage.

Usage example: we'll be putting on a school play using that stage

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Opus and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opus" instead a noun "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

musical	musical opus	musical play
long	long opus	long play
original	original opus	original play
single	single opus	single play
Other adjectives: poor, entire, new, early, major, next, previous, based.

Although it is technically supposed to be all one song, the song is split into multiple tracks (seven, to be precise) and doesn't play like a single, flowing 40-minute opus.

Source: Epic Rocking
The rapper Canibus had an interesting equation on his 1000 bar opus "Poet Laureate Infinity" that goes: "If A is a success in life, then A must equal X plus Y plus Z no doubt / If work equals X and play equals Y, then Z must be equal to you shutting your mouth."

Source: Applied Mathematics
The first three movies play the trope straight, as both the first and second movies end with protagonist Andy successfully killing Chucky and moving on, only for the Killer Doll to come back from the dead by the next opus, where it's always revealed Andy's life only got worse in the mid-time.

Source: Happy Ending Override

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