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Meaning of ode in English

ode
noun [ C ]
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/oʊd/ uk
/əʊd/
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a poem expressing the writer's thoughts and feelings about a particular person or subject, usually written to that person or subject:
ode to It reminded me of A. E. Housman's poem "A Shropshire Lad", an ode to an athlete who dies young.
ode on "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a poem by Keats.
ode to something
a work of art, piece of writing, speech, etc. that refers to or describes something in a personal and approving way:
The play is a nostalgic ode to small-town America of the early 20th century.
The book, which took eight years to write, is an ode to those society holds in high regard.
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(Definition of ode from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ode | Intermediate English

ode
noun [ C ]
us/oʊd/
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literature
a poem that deals with thoughts and feelings about an idea or subject and that is written in lines and stanzas (= groups of lines) varying in length
(Definition of ode from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ode

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An ode to the human will to survive.
From Variety
Most of its lyrics are spoken with breathy cadence, enhancing the trip-hop ode's carnal energy.
From Huffington Post
He sat at the piano and played exuberant odes of his own creation.
From Wired
But ultimately, the piece is an ode to its surroundings.
From Los Angeles Times
Every track is an ode to love, relationships, and hope -- hope in love and life.
From NBCNews.com
Odes to the 3,500-foot viaduct have been plentiful.
From Los Angeles Times
At long last, an ode that's worthy of self-indulgence and self-loathing.
From Billboard
You're on the road all the time and away from your wife, and this song can kind of be interpreted as an ode to her.
From Billboard
The book, released in a limited edition of 1,980 copies -- a subtle ode to 1980 -- features many photographs never before shown publicly.
From Huffington Post
Her chic ode to the punk era continued with rocker chic spiked hair, pointed gold rings and matching metallic nail art.
From Billboard
It's an ode to the '90s, and to bygone summers.
From Billboard
The result is a fanciful (and viral) ode to the bonds between father and son.
From New York Daily News
At first glance, an ode to male anatomy might not seem like everybody's thing, but actually it was.
From The Verge
There will be odes to the boys in the stands wearing full pads and shoulder spikes.
From ESPN
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