Meaning of body of work in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    US accent

    UK accent

  1. Noun

    body of work

    Definitions

    1. the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

    Examples

    • « he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre »
    • « Picasso's work can be divided into periods »

Famous quotes

  • « Nowadays you really have to pump out that blockbuster in order to have the luxury of getting a body of work, and that's sad because the work suffers. Today everything is based on money. The older actors, they inspire me. »
    Dylan McDermott
  • « Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work. »
    Cynthia Rowley
  • « You have to read scripts and audition and develop relationships. It takes a long time to develop a body of work but over the last 25 years I guess I've done that many movies. In hindsight it may seem effortless, but there's a lot of work that goes into it. »
    Harry Connick, Jr.
  • « I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones. »
    Kathleen Turner
  • « A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. »
    Jean Rostand

Browse dictionary