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Corpus

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Noun

1. corpus, principal, principal sum

capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

2. corpus

a collection of writings

Example Sentences:
'he edited the Hemingway corpus'

3. corpus

the main part of an organ or other bodily structure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Corpus

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noun plural -pora (-pərə)
1. 
a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic
the corpus of Dickens' works
2. 
the main body, section, or substance of something
3. anatomy
a. 
any distinct mass or body
b. 
the main part of an organ or structure
4. 
the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith
Compare tunica (sense 2)
5. 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
6. 
a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income
7. obsolete
a human or animal body, esp a dead one

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcorpora (ˈkɔrpərə ; kôrˈpərə)
1. 
a human or animal body, esp. a dead one
now mainly a facetious usage
2. 
a complete or comprehensive collection, as of laws or writings of a specified type
the corpus of civil law
3. 
the main body or substance of anything
4. 
the principal, as distinguished from the interest or income, of an estate, investment, etc.
5.  Anatomy
the main part of an organ; also, a mass of tissue with a specialized function

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Corpus

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n. pl. cor·po·ra (-pər-ə)
1. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject.
2. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
3. Economics
a. The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust.
b. The principal of a bond.
4. Anatomy
a. The main part of a bodily structure or organ.
b. A distinct bodily mass or organ having a specific function.
5. The overall length of a violin.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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