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masterpiece

[mas-ter-pees, mah-ster-]

noun

  1. a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.

  2. anything done with masterly skill.

    a masterpiece of improvisation.

  3. a consummate example of skill or excellence of any kind.

    The chef 's cake was a masterpiece.

  4. a piece made by a person aspiring to the rank of master in a guild or other craft organization as a proof of competence.



masterpiece

/ ˈmɑːstəˌpiːs, ˈmɑːstəˌwɜːk /

noun

  1. an outstanding work, achievement, or performance

  2. the most outstanding piece of work of a creative artist, craftsman, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of masterpiece1

1570–80; master + piece, modeled on Dutch meesterstuk, German ѱ𾱲ٱü
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Word History and Origins

Origin of masterpiece1

C17: compare Dutch meesterstuk, German ѱ𾱲ٱü, a sample of work submitted to a guild by a craftsman in order to qualify for the rank of master
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“Can you imagine leaving your masterpiece locked up in a drawer for almost 40 years?”

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Having listened entranced to The Beatles' Rubber Soul album, Wilson responded with his own masterpiece, Pet Sounds.

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In the five decades following Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking masterpiece, most sharksploitation has been chopped up and diluted into chum, tossed into the water by careless, filmmaking fishermen.

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The oil-on-canvas masterpiece had adorned the walls of a Norwegian hospital for almost five decades, forgotten by the art world, until the auction house was alerted about its presence in 2013.

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A feast for the curiosity-starved brain, “Invention” is the kind of revelatory work that inspires and unnerves in equal measure, a distinctly modern masterpiece that maps the rabbit hole in a way only cinema can.

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