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Definition of
corpus noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
corpus
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈkɔrpəs
/
/
(
pl.
corpora
NAmE
/
/
ˈkɔrpərə
/
/
,
(
or
)
corpuses
NAmE
/
/
ˈkɔrpəsəz
/
/
)
(
technology
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a collection of written or spoken texts
a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English
the whole corpus of Renaissance poetry
see
habeas corpus
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corpus
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