- a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- the concluding section of a ballet, especially the final part of a pas de deux.
- a concluding section or part, especially one of a conventional form and serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature or drama.
- anything that serves as a concluding part.
- the segment of a syllable following the nucleus, as the d-sound in good.
- a hearing person with a deaf parent or parents.
- the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure
- a concluding part of a literary work, esp a summary at the end of a novel of further developments in the lives of the characters
