ALL meanings of corpus
cor·pus
C c - countable noun corpus A corpus is a large collection of written or spoken texts that is used for language research. 3
- noun corpus a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic 3
- noun corpus the main body, section, or substance of something 3
- noun corpus any distinct mass or body 3
- noun corpus the main part of an organ or structure 3
- noun corpus the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith 3
- noun corpus a body of data, esp the finite collection of grammatical sentences of a language that a linguistic theory seeks to describe by means of an algorithm 3
- noun corpus a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income 3
- noun corpus a human or animal body, esp a dead one 3
- noun corpus a human or animal body, esp. a dead one 3
- noun corpus a complete or comprehensive collection, as of laws or writings of a specified type 3
- noun corpus the main body or substance of anything 3
- noun corpus the principal, as distinguished from the interest or income, of an estate, investment, etc. 3
- noun corpus the main part of an organ; also, a mass of tissue with a specialized function 3
- noun plural corpus a large or complete collection of writings: the entire corpus of Old English poetry. 1
- noun plural corpus the body of a person or animal, especially when dead. 1
- noun plural corpus Anatomy. a body, mass, or part having a special character or function. 1
- noun plural corpus Linguistics. a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis. 1
- noun plural corpus a principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income. 1
- noun corpus A collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject. 1
- noun corpus body of work, oeuvre 1
- noun corpus law: dead body 1
- noun corpus body. 0
- noun corpus (linguistics) a collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic, a single author etc. 0
- noun corpus (Germany printing, dated) Alternative term for long primer. 0