Definitions for CORPUS
ˈkɔr pəs; -pər əcor·pus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. principal, corpus, principal sumnoun

   capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

2. corpusnoun

   a collection of writings

   "he edited the Hemingway corpus"

3. corpusnoun

   the main part of an organ or other bodily structure

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corpusnoun

   the body

2. corpusnoun

   a collection of writings, often on a specific topic, of a specific genre, from a specific demographic, a single author etc.

3. Etymology: From corpus.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corpus

   A corpus is a large collection of written or spoken texts that are used for language analysis and research. This collection can be derived from various sources such as books, speeches, websites, and transcripts, among others. It is often used in linguistics, language studies, and computer programming to observe language patterns, develop natural language processing systems, and in other similar applications.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Corpusnoun

   a body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing

2. Etymology: [L.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corpus

   kor′pus, n. a body: any special structure or function in the body; the whole body of literature on any subject.—ns. Cor′pulence, Cor′pulency, fleshiness of body; excessive fatness.—adj. Cor′pulent, fleshy or fat.—adv. Cor′pulently.—n. Cor′puscle, a minute particle; a physical atom—also Corpus′cule.—adjs. Corpus′cular, Corpusculā′rian, pertaining to corpuscles.—ns. Corpusculā′rian, one who holds the corpuscular philosophy; Corpuscular′ity.—Corpus Christi, the festival in honour of the Consecrated Host, held on the Thursday after the festival of the Trinity; Corpus delicti, a criminal law term in Scotland to signify the body or substance of the crime charged.—Corpuscular theory of light, or Emission theory (see Emit). [L. corpus, the body.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corpus

   A facet of a structure or organ within the body of an animal or human being.

   The corpus callosum is within the human brain.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corpus

   the body as a whole.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CORPUS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corpus is ranked #8467 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Corpus surname appeared 3,901 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Corpus.
   
   62.1% or 2,426 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   23.2% or 907 total occurrences were Asian.
   9.9% or 387 total occurrences were White.
   3.5% or 139 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
   0.4% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Capital
   • Collection
   • Part

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Anagrams for CORPUS »

1. croups

How to pronounce CORPUS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say CORPUS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CORPUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CORPUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CORPUS in a Sentence

1. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg:

   There is more than a trillion posts, which some of the search engineers on the team like to remind me, is bigger than any Web search corpus out there.

2. Rajveer Purohit:

   It's a unique tissue that's only present in the penis, when you get an erection, blood flows into the corpus cavernosa, and it fills up like a sponge.

3. AiR:

   The Law of Karma has accounts three - an opening balance like root of a tree, a current account of all that we do, and a karmic corpus that never loses sight of you.

4. Leo Terrell:

   She has damaged her chances for future custodial rights, she disobeyed a court order to return the children. A writ of habeas corpus was filed by the ex-husband and granted by a New York Court ordering her to turn over the children to the paternal grandmother. Kelly received bad legal advice to defy the court order.

5. Peter Coleman:

   The Port Arthur deal (with Sempra) extends the Corpus arrangement where we are a buyer, to actually one step upstream where together we can add our value as Woodside, what that does is it allows us to bring to our customer optionality with respect to the LNG's pricing point, and also its geography and distance from markets.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CORPUS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corpus
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CORPUS
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CORPUS
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=CORPUS
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=CORPUS