Definitions for swan song
swan song

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. swan song, last hurrahnoun

   a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)

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1. swan songnoun

   A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement.

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1. swan song

   A swan song is a final performance, achievement, or effort before retirement, death, or the end of something. It typically refers to the last work of a performer, artist, or a professional in their field. The term originated from the ancient belief that swans remain silent throughout their lives but sing a beautiful song just before death.

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1. Swan song

   "Swan song" is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans sing a beautiful song in the moment just before death, having been silent during most of their lifetime. This belief, whose basis in actuality is long-debated, had become proverbial in Ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC, and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art.

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1. swan song

   Read the full text of the Swan Song poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne on the Poetry.com website.

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1. • Performance

How to pronounce swan song?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say swan song in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swan song in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swan song in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of swan song in a Sentence

1. Philip Nel:

   It was his swan song, and he knew it was his swan song, it's a career summation in a lot of ways, both visually and morally, in the messages and the images.

2. Thomas Doherty:

   I don't think the Queen's send off will mark the medium's swan song, if something like 9/11 were to happen again we'd all go to our TVs — drawn to the simultaneity and universality of the collective experience and the hypnotic power of the bigger image.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=swan song
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Swan_Song
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=swan song