corpus C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈkɔɹpəs/ UK /ˈkɔːpəs/ See IPA manual Freq #18151 Meanings 1 noun A large collection of written or spoken texts used for study. Linguists analysed a corpus of millions of words to study modern usage. 2 noun A complete body of work by one author or on one subject. The entire corpus of Shakespeare's plays is still performed today. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a complete body of work by... body Word family Forms corporacorpuses Derived forms metacorpusnoncorpusprocorpussubcorpus Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff. *krep- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # corpus **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɔɹpəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɔːpəs/ **Frequency rank:** 18151 ## Meanings 1. A large collection of written or spoken texts used for study. 2. A complete body of work by one author or on one subject. ## Examples - Linguists analysed a corpus of millions of words to study modern usage. - The entire corpus of Shakespeare's plays is still performed today. ## Derived Forms - metacorpus - noncorpus - procorpus - subcorpus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *krep- ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff. ## AI Etymology Corpus is borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff. Important recorded forms include *krep- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include a large collection of written or spoken texts used for study and a complete body of work by one author or on one subject. The wider family includes derived forms such as metacorpus, noncorpus, procorpus, and subcorpus. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown