Looking for the meaning of the word CORPUS in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of CORPUS with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Corpus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (denoting a human or animal body): from Latin, literally ‘body’. corpus (sense 1) dates from the early 18th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɔːpəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject
Short Definition:collection of texts
Examples:- the Darwinian corpus
Definition:
the main body or mass of a structure.
Short Definition:main body of structure
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