Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːrpəs/
noun a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject
A1 A corpus is a collection of written or spoken texts.
A2 In linguistics, a corpus is used to study language patterns.
B1 Researchers analyzed a large corpus of data to draw conclusions.
B2 The corpus of Shakespeare's works is studied by many literature students.
C1 Building a specialized corpus for research purposes can be time-consuming.
C2 The linguist used a diverse corpus of texts to analyze language variations.
adjective related to a body or collection of written texts
A1 The corpus data provided for the beginner level language learners was simple and easy to understand.
A2 The teacher used a corpus-based approach to help intermediate students improve their vocabulary.
B1 The researchers analyzed a corpus of texts to identify common patterns in language use.
B2 The corpus linguistics study revealed interesting insights into the evolution of the English language.
C1 The linguist's corpus analysis was thorough and comprehensive, providing valuable data for the research project.
C2 The corpus-based approach used in the study was considered groundbreaking in the field of computational linguistics.
formal The researchers analyzed a large corpus of texts to identify common themes.
informal I found a huge collection of old books in the library's corpus.
slang I scrolled through a bunch of tweets in the corpus to see what people were saying.
figurative The artist's paintings form a corpus of his creative work over the years.
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