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corps — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • body noun The complete physical structure of a person or animal.
  • corps noun A large military unit made up of two or more divisions.
  • corpse noun A dead body, usually of a person.
  • field noun An open area of land, especially one used for growing crops, grazing animals, or playing sports.
  • flesh noun The soft tissue of a human or animal body, especially muscle and fat, as distinct from bone.

Senses

corps is used for these senses in English:

  • body A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]
  • body An organisation, company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]
  • corps (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
  • corpse The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
  • division ring (algebra) A ring with 0 ≠ 1, such that every non-zero element a has a multiplicative inverse, meaning an element x with ax = 1.
  • flesh The human body as a physical entity.

body — full definition

  1. noun The complete physical structure of a person or animal.
  2. noun A dead human or animal; a corpse.
  3. noun The main or central part of something, as distinct from smaller attached parts.
  4. noun An organized group of people who share a purpose, such as a company, committee, or governing organization.
  5. verb Slang: to defeat someone decisively, or to insult or humiliate them badly.

corps — full definition

  1. noun A large military unit made up of two or more divisions.
  2. noun A group of people organized for a shared purpose.

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