1
a
: a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure
b
: a concluding part of a literary or dramatic work
2
: something that serves to round out, conclude, or summarize and usually has its own interest
Examples of coda in a Sentence
The movie's coda shows the main character as an adult 25 years later.
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The film ends with a coda, set some twenty years after the main action.
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
To say that the combination of all of these elements leads up to a final act and a fill-in-the-blanks coda that devastates you all the more for its unusual attack on your emotional reserves does not do justice to the actual act of seeing it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
The feeling lingers until the film’s plangent coda drops us into a post-COVID near-future, with the actors playing older than their current years, and with minimal alteration.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2024
Deadline has learned the filmmaker quickly assembled a crew to shoot a new interview with the famed Democratic political consultant to include as a coda to the film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
To say that the combination of all of these elements leads up to a final act and a fill-in-the-blanks coda that devastates you all the more for its unusual attack on your emotional reserves does not do justice to the actual act of seeing it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
The feeling lingers until the film’s plangent coda drops us into a post-COVID near-future, with the actors playing older than their current years, and with minimal alteration.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2024
Deadline has learned the filmmaker quickly assembled a crew to shoot a new interview with the famed Democratic political consultant to include as a coda to the film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coda. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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