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Definitions for Corpus

[1] a large or complete collection of writings: the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
[2] the body of a person or animal, especially when dead.
[3] Anatomy . a body, mass, or part having a special character or function.
[4] Linguistics . a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.
[5] a principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income.
[6] a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic the corpus of Dickens' works
[7] the main body, section, or substance of something
[8] anatomy any distinct mass or body the main part of an organ or structure
[9] the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith Compare tunica (def. 2)
[10] linguistics 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
[11] a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income
[12] obsolete a human or animal body, esp a dead one

Words related to Corpus

oeuvre, core, substance, compilation, collection, bulk, entirety, mass, whole, staple

Words nearby Corpus

corps of engineers, corpse, corpsman, corpulence, corpulent, corpus, corpus albicans, corpus amylaceum, corpus callosum, corpus cavernosum, corpus christi

Origin of Corpus

1225–75; Middle English < Latin

Words that may be confused with Corpus

core, corp., corps, corpse, corpus

Word origin for Corpus

C14: from Latin: body

Synonyms for Corpus

bulk, collection, compilation, core, entirety, mass, oeuvre, staple, substance, whole, complete works, extant works, opera omnia