coda

/ˈkəʊdə/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈodə] /ˈkəʊdə/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈodə] /ˈkō-də How to pronounce coda (audio)/ (ame, mw)

coda — noun

  • codasingular
  • codasplural

1. a brief section placed at the very end of a musical work, after the main structu

1.名詞C1
釋義

a brief section placed at the very end of a musical work, after the main structure is complete.

例句

At rehearsal, Shanti asked the pianist to slow down in the coda.

pattern: in the coda

The brass section returns in the coda after the quiet middle part.

pattern: section returns in the coda

同義詞
  • tailpiece

    a more formal musical term for a closing section

  • outro

    a modern term often used for songs, recordings, or broadcasts

反義詞
  • intro

    the opening section at the start of a piece

文法句型

the coda of [piece]

in the coda

play the coda

用法筆記

Usually names a section that comes after the main musical structure is already complete. Common with verbs such as play, repeat, cut, or extend when people discuss a score or performance.

常見錯誤

❌The violin part begins in the coda.
✅The violin part returns in the coda.
💡a coda is the closing section, not the opening one.

2. a last section that rounds off a speech, event, book, or similar work.

2.名詞C1
釋義

a last section that rounds off a speech, event, book, or similar work.

例句

After the formal speech, the mayor added a hopeful coda about local schools.

pattern: add a coda about X

The article ends with a personal coda about life after the war.

pattern: ends with a coda

同義詞
  • ending

    the broad everyday word for any final part

  • epilogue

    used especially for books, plays, or films

  • postscript

    usually a brief extra note added after the main text

反義詞
  • opening

    the first part that introduces what follows

文法句型

a coda to [speech/event/book]

end with a coda

add a coda

用法筆記

Often describes a closing comment that looks back on what came before or adds a final emotional note. Distinguish from noun/1: this sense is used for writing, speeches, films, or events outside music.

常見錯誤

❌She wrote a coda at the start of the essay.
✅She wrote a coda at the end of the essay.
💡a coda is a closing section.

3. the sound or group of sounds that closes a syllable after the vowel.

3.名詞C2
釋義

the sound or group of sounds that closes a syllable after the vowel.

例句

In English class, Padma learned that the /t/ is the coda in cat.

pattern: the coda in [word]

The teacher drew the onset, vowel, and coda under each syllable.

teaching frame: onset, vowel, and coda

同義詞
反義詞
  • onset

    the part of a syllable that comes before the vowel

文法句型

the coda in [syllable]

complex coda

onset, vowel, and coda

用法筆記

Used in phonetics and phonology when a syllable is divided into onset, nucleus, and coda. Distinguish from the onset, which comes before the vowel.

常見錯誤

❌In cat, /k/ is the coda.
✅In cat, /t/ is the coda.
💡the coda comes after the vowel, not before it.