SWANSONG | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of swansong in English swansongnoun [ S ] (also swan song) uk /ˈswɒn.sɒŋ/ us /ˈswɑːn.sɑːŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list a person's last piece of work, achievement, or performance: This weekend's game was his swansong as the team's captain. He is preparing for his swan song with the City Orchestra. Ends and endings

• a screeching halt idiom
• abrupt end
• accomplishment
• at the close of something
• be someone's last rodeo idiom
• break something up phrasal verb
• conclusion
• dying
• endgame
• endpoint
• era
• expiration
• expiration date
• finale
• non-ending
• outro
• passing
• screeching
• second to last
• twilight

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Spectacles & performances (Definition of swansong from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of swansong

swansong They were, in a sense, the swansong of the bygone era of violent resistance. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is my swansong: it is not a subject one can return to at frequent intervals and keep sane. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been interesting to hear his swansong this evening, but it was not to be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am grateful for the opportunity to sing my swansong this evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that he is making his swansong as education spokesman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that it was not his swansong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A most efficient swansong it was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was an able and pleasant swansong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We heard his swansong this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Equal pay is not the sort of matter to be used for valedictory swansongs by people who have never before raised their voices on its behalf. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His swansong was not a successful one: he was dismissed for 1 and 14. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Online called it a beautiful swansong to one of this generation's best. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nothing about it suggests a swansong, adios or fond adieu. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The latter was the reunion's swansong, the project disbanding shortly afterwards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The appearance, since it was released after his death, was his posthumous swansong. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of swansong?

Translations of swansong

in Chinese (Traditional) 最後的作品，告別演出… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 最后的作品，告别演出… See more in Spanish canto de cisne… See more in Portuguese canto do cisne… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian chant du cygne… See more son eser… See more zwanenzang… See more labutí píseň… See more svanesang… See more karya terakhir… See more งานชิ้นสุดท้ายก่อนตาย… See more tác phẩm cuối cùng… See more łabędzi śpiew… See more svanesång… See more karya yang terakhir… See more der Schwanengesang… See more svanesang… See more лебедина пісня… See more Need a translator?

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