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Meanings of masterpiece in English

Russian
шедевр
Portuguese
obra-prima
Spanish
obra maestra
Catalan
obra mestra

Outstanding work or the greatest work of a person's career.

        шедевр
        Portuguese
        obra-prima
        Catalan
        obra mestra
        Spanish
        magnum opus

        The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman.

              obra-prima

              Meisterstück.

                    Usage of masterpiece in English
                    1
                    Or is the risk, however small, of damaging the masterpiece too great?
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    Finally, Deltron 3030's futuristic geek-hop masterpiece takes us to the far-flung future.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    The thing ought to be sung in a poem, in a masterpiece.
                    The Inferno
                    4
                    Never was flesh so pliably counterfeited in stone as in this masterpiece.
                    A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
                    5
                    Season one is great, but every subsequent one is a stone-cold masterpiece.
                    The Irish Times
                    6
                    The Tweet read: I am now a proud owner of this masterpiece.
                    The South African
                    7
                    This was not exactly a masterpiece, either, the shackles securing Salma's arms.
                    Empire in black and gold
                    8
                    Rashi did not see in the Bible a literary or philosophic masterpiece.
                    Rashi
                    9
                    You did it surprisingly well; that sentence about protection was a masterpiece.
                    An American Politician: A Novel
                    10
                    The King, drawing near, in his turn examined the masterpiece with pleasure.
                    Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 7
                    11
                    He'll want to make his battle a masterpiece, a work of art!
                    Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
                    12
                    It is therefore a real masterpiece of satire, not a simple lampoon.
                    Alexander Pope
                    13
                    Sir, - The film Michael Collins is indeed a masterpiece of cinematography.
                    The Irish Times
                    14
                    The great masterpiece of the Mound Builders is known as Fort Ancient.
                    See America First
                    15
                    The King was resolved to make the assassination of Montigny a masterpiece.
                    The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 16: 1569-70
                    16
                    Philip Hampsheir went along to get the measure of this metal masterpiece.
                    BBC
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