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Definition of "coda" [co•da]

  • Music The concluding passage of a movement or composition. (noun)
  • A conclusion or closing part of a statement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coda" in a sentence
  • "There's a scene in what we call the coda, where he comes out in a diagonal - a shooting diagonal, begging - doing these things called brisé."
  • "A tragic coda is that although Saro-Wiwa was widely admired in the West, the oil-dependent democracies that profess their devotion to human rights did little to save him."
  • "The coda is perfect, switching between the main lip-syncher and the crowds XD"