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Corpus

/ˈkɔːpəs/ · noun

Meaning

A collection of written or spoken texts..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A collection of written or spoken texts.
  2. (physics) A structure of a special character or function in the animal body.
  3. (uncommon) A collection or body of objects with similar characteristics.
  4. (archaic) The body of a man or animal.

Example Sentences

No one suggests that Browning intended to mean vagina when he wrote “owls and bats, / Cowls and twats,” because the context does not allow for it, nor does the greater context of the Browning corpus.
A corpus approach is a useful methodology for observing, describing and interpreting the stylistic features of language in literary and non-literary texts.
Today, computer databases and corpora infinitely increase the ease of this type of research, but the collecting process remains essentially the same.
the corpus of the uterus
About a hundred years ago in Germany, the publishing of corpuses of the ancient Greek coinages was started. […] The significance of those, and some other corpuses is exclusive, because they allowed an enormous amount of numismatic material kept in museum and private collections all over the world, to be studied and systematized.
An assessment in 1991 proposed publication of the results of this work in three stages: […] secondly, a corpus of the Roman pottery to present the type series and to discuss the fabrics and forms recovered, […]

Synonyms for corpus

collectionbodbodyfleshcarcasslikamquarronssomaprincipalprincipal sum

Antonyms for corpus

Related Words

principalprincipal sumcompendiumschedulinggroupingjointcollectiontogetherbaseconsortiumacquisbodyhabeascorpswholeframeworksetpackagearrayblock

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does corpus mean?

Corpus means A collection of written or spoken texts..

What is a synonym for corpus?

Common synonyms include collection, bod, body, flesh.

What is the opposite of corpus?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use corpus in a sentence?

No one suggests that Browning intended to mean vagina when he wrote “owls and bats, / Cowls and twats,” because the context does not allow for it, nor does the greater context of the Browning corpus.

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