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a
: a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure
b
: a concluding part of a literary or dramatic work
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: something that serves to round out, conclude, or summarize and usually has its own interest
CODA
2 of 2abbreviation or noun
plural CODAs
: a child and especially a hearing child of adults who are deaf
Growing up in the Cayman Islands as a multiracial young girl and Child Of Deaf Adults (CODA), Byers was bullied throughout her childhood.—
Bianca R. Montes
Bianca R. MontesOften, CODAs spend their lives bridging the gap between the Deaf culture and the hearing culture as they become ASL interpreters for their Deaf parents.—Joyceann Fileccia
Joyceann FilecciaExamples of coda in a Sentence
Noun
The movie's coda shows the main character as an adult 25 years later.
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
The 79th Annual Tony Awards were a fitting coda to the 2025–26 Broadway season, offering all the requisite nostalgia, vocal prowess, ensemble energy, and a generous amount of pelvic thrusting.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 8 June 2026
Those are the celebrated opening lines of the first part of Howl’s three parts and its footnoted coda, with that initial sentence running-on for seventy-eight frenetic lines.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Zendaya and Domingo do great, resonant work, but even their empathetic portraits of suffering people can’t make this strange coda cohere.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
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Noun
The book’s coda is a collection of exciting recipes from pals.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
The 79th Annual Tony Awards were a fitting coda to the 2025–26 Broadway season, offering all the requisite nostalgia, vocal prowess, ensemble energy, and a generous amount of pelvic thrusting.
—Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 8 June 2026
Those are the celebrated opening lines of the first part of Howl’s three parts and its footnoted coda, with that initial sentence running-on for seventy-eight frenetic lines.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Zendaya and Domingo do great, resonant work, but even their empathetic portraits of suffering people can’t make this strange coda cohere.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for coda
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“Coda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coda. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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