noun
- the complete works of a writer, artist, or composer
Usage: formal; from French
Examples
- The museum is displaying Picasso’s entire oeuvre.
- Her latest novel is considered the masterpiece of her oeuvre.
- Critics have analyzed Shakespeare’s oeuvre for centuries.
- The composer’s oeuvre includes over 100 symphonies.
- This painting represents a departure from the artist’s earlier oeuvre.
- Students studied the complete oeuvre of Emily Dickinson.