Corpus

Quick meaning: Corpus is a noun meaning A collection of written or spoken texts.

Meaning

A collection of written or spoken texts.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

the corpus of the uterus

Today, computer databases and corpora infinitely increase the ease of this type of research, but the collecting process remains essentially the same.

A corpus approach is a useful methodology for observing, describing and interpreting the stylistic features of language in literary and non-literary texts.

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.

Word Forms

• corpora
• corpuses
• corpusses
• corpi

Synonyms for corpus

Depending on context, synonyms include collection, bod, body, flesh, carcass, quarrons.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include principal, compendium, scheduling, grouping, joint, collection.

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