corpus

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
  2. noun a collection of writings
  3. noun the main part of an organ or other bodily structure

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse, corps, and riff.

In classic literature

Synonyms

principal, principal sum

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