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corpus
[kawr-puhs]
noun
plural
corpora ,plural
corpuses .a large or complete collection of writings.
the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
the body of a person or animal, especially when dead.
Anatomy.a body, mass, or part having a special character or function.
Linguistics.a body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.
a principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income.
corpus
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
a collection or body of writings, esp by a single author or on a specific topic
the corpus of Dickens' works
the main body, section, or substance of something
anatomy
any distinct mass or body
the main part of an organ or structure
the inner layer or layers of cells of the meristem at a shoot tip, which produces the vascular tissue and pith Compare tunica
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
a capital or principal sum, as contrasted with a derived income
obsoletea human or animal body, esp a dead one
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of corpus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of corpus1
Example Sentences
The Trump administration is also signaling that it will suspend the constitutional right of habeas corpus.
That's just ignorant smearing by someone who doesn't even know what habeas corpus is.
And then there is the recent insistence of White House staffer Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that the president has the right to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to," Noem said through her unnervingly Botox-inflated lips.
Still, that hasn't stopped Trump advisers from using the language of invasion to lay the groundwork for the eventual suspension of habeas corpus.
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When To Use
Corpus most commonly refers to a large or comprehensive collection of creative works, such as all of the writings of a particular author.An artist’s corpus is their body of work, and in fact the word corpus comes from the Latin word meaning “body.” (This Latin word appears in the well-known legal phrase habeas corpus, meaning “(you may) have the body.”)More generally, corpus is used in English to refer to the main body, section, or substance of something.The word is used in a more specific way in linguistics to refer to an entire set of a particular linguistic element within a language, such as words or sentences.It’s also used in several more specific ways in the context of anatomy in the names of body parts.The correct plural of corpus can be either corpora or corpuses. (Other Latin-derived words can be pluralized in the same way as corpora.)Example: Instead of devoting my dissertation to examining a specific theme throughout her corpus, I decided to focus on a single work.
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