MASTERPIECE


Meaning of MASTERPIECE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

great

Many people regard this work as a great masterpiece , though, and may well want to hear this impressive new version.

■ VERB

create

Off you go to create your own masterpiece !

Devey has created a masterpiece of the Victorian Picturesque.

produce

Although he made some magnificent paintings and drawings of it he preferred a milder climate to produce his masterpieces .

After an arduous five-year apprenticeship in the disciplines of war the twenty-one-year-old Duke had produced his masterpiece .

I fancy my acquaintance with the Bard's works and my gift for scribbling would inspire me to produce a dramatic masterpiece .

Troup produced his masterpiece in Dunedin in 1907.

He should turn it to a profounder end, producing masterpieces in another man's name.

In 1716-17 Baskett produced his masterpiece , a two-volume folio Bible characterised by splendid large type and fine steel engravings.

So what, if you have produced a masterpiece and lost a piece of entertainment?

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Adam Smith's masterpiece 'The Wealth of Nations' was written in the 18th century.

Channel 6 is showing Orson Welles's masterpiece "Citizen Kane."

Many people regard this painting as Raphael's masterpiece .

one of the great Italian masterpieces

The Davis-Evans recording of 'Porgy and Bess' has been rightly called a jazz masterpiece .

Thirteen people helped Michelangelo create his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As a result, it's a masterpiece .

In its own way, it too is a masterpiece of coherent legislation.

Jones' performance was a masterpiece .

Since then Stravinsky's work has been hailed as a masterpiece .

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