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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːrpəs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɔrpəs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kôr′pəs)

Inflections of 'corpus' (n):
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•pus /ˈkɔrpəs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -po•ra /-pərə/USA pronunciation  for 1-3. 5. in Unabridged dictionary, -pus•es for 4 in Unabridged dictionary.
  1. a large or complete collection of writings: the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
  2. Linguisticsa collection of utterances, taken as a sample of a given language or dialect and used for linguistic analysis:Working with the corpus on the computer you will find many interesting facts about English.
  3. Medicinethe body of a person or animal, esp. when dead.
See -corp-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cor•pus  (kôr′pəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -po•ra (-pər ə)USA pronunciation for 1–3, 5, -pus•es for 4.
  1. a large or complete collection of writings:the entire corpus of Old English poetry.
  2. Medicinethe body of a person or animal, esp. when dead.
  3. Anatomya body, mass, or part having a special character or function.
  4. Linguisticsa body of utterances, as words or sentences, assumed to be representative of and used for lexical, grammatical, or other linguistic analysis.
  5. Businessa principal or capital sum, as opposed to interest or income.
  • Latin
  • Middle English 1225–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
corpus /ˈkɔːpəs/ n ( pl -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
    • any distinct mass or body
    • the main part of an organ or structure
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: body
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