1. a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject
2. a large collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, assembled for the purpose of studying language
Usage: linguistics
3. the main body or mass of a structure
Usage: anatomy; formal

Examples

• The scholar studied Shakespeare’s entire corpus to understand his writing style.
• Researchers compiled a corpus of student essays to analyze common grammar errors.
• The linguistic corpus contained millions of words from newspapers and books.
• Scientists used a digital corpus to study how language changes over time.
• The corpus of medieval literature provides insight into historical culture.
• The anatomy professor pointed to the corpus of the vertebra during the lecture.