noun
corpus
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noun
1
A large collection of written or spoken material, especially one used for language study.
"Linguists analyzed word frequency using a corpus of news articles."
"The corpus contains millions of transcribed conversations."
2
The main body or bulk of something.
"The corpus of his writing spans four decades."
How to Use Corpus
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA large gathered body of texts or work, often used for research.
Common pairings
text corpus
linguistic corpus
corpus of work
Word Forms
corpora plural, corpuses plural, corpusses plural, corpi plural
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Etymology
Borrowed directly from Latin corpus, "body." A doublet of "corpse" and "corps".