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Meaning of "corpse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORPSE

From Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CORPSE

corpse  [kɔːps] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CORPSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Corpse is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb corpse in English.

WHAT DOES CORPSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cadaver

A corpse, also called a cadaver in medical literary and legal usage or when intended for dissection, is a dead human body.

Definition of corpse in the English dictionary

The definition of corpse in the dictionary is a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver. Other definition of corpse is to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CORPSE

PRESENT

Present
I corpse
you corpse
he/she/it corpses
we corpse
you corpse
they corpse
Present continuous
I am corpsing
you are corpsing
he/she/it is corpsing
we are corpsing
you are corpsing
they are corpsing
Present perfect
I have corpsed
you have corpsed
he/she/it has corpsed
we have corpsed
you have corpsed
they have corpsed
Present perfect continuous
I have been corpsing
you have been corpsing
he/she/it has been corpsing
we have been corpsing
you have been corpsing
they have been corpsing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I corpsed
you corpsed
he/she/it corpsed
we corpsed
you corpsed
they corpsed
Past continuous
I was corpsing
you were corpsing
he/she/it was corpsing
we were corpsing
you were corpsing
they were corpsing
Past perfect
I had corpsed
you had corpsed
he/she/it had corpsed
we had corpsed
you had corpsed
they had corpsed
Past perfect continuous
I had been corpsing
you had been corpsing
he/she/it had been corpsing
we had been corpsing
you had been corpsing
they had been corpsing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will corpse
you will corpse
he/she/it will corpse
we will corpse
you will corpse
they will corpse
Future continuous
I will be corpsing
you will be corpsing
he/she/it will be corpsing
we will be corpsing
you will be corpsing
they will be corpsing
Future perfect
I will have corpsed
you will have corpsed
he/she/it will have corpsed
we will have corpsed
you will have corpsed
they will have corpsed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been corpsing
you will have been corpsing
he/she/it will have been corpsing
we will have been corpsing
you will have been corpsing
they will have been corpsing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would corpse
you would corpse
he/she/it would corpse
we would corpse
you would corpse
they would corpse
Conditional continuous
I would be corpsing
you would be corpsing
he/she/it would be corpsing
we would be corpsing
you would be corpsing
they would be corpsing
Conditional perfect
I would have corpse
you would have corpse
he/she/it would have corpse
we would have corpse
you would have corpse
they would have corpse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been corpsing
you would have been corpsing
he/she/it would have been corpsing
we would have been corpsing
you would have been corpsing
they would have been corpsing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you corpse
we let´s corpse
you corpse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to corpse
Past participle
corpsed
Present Participle
corpsing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CORPSE


Cleethorpes
ˈkliːθɔːps
creeps
kriːps
incorpse
ɪnˈkɔːps
Jeeps
dʒiːps
keeps
kiːps
paratroops
ˈpærəˌtruːps
peeps
piːps
Pepys
piːps
SERPS
sɜːps
stirps
stɜːps
troops
truːps
turps
tɜːps

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CORPSE

corporeality
corporealize
corporeally
corporealness
corporeity
corporification
corporify
corposant
corps
corps de ballet
corps diplomatique
corpsman
corpsmen
corpulence
corpulency
corpulent
corpulently
corpus
corpus callosum
corpus cavernosum

WORDS THAT END LIKE CORPSE

annular eclipse
apocalypse
apse
collapse
copse
delapse
eclipse
elapse
ellipse
glimpse
lapse
lunar eclipse
partial eclipse
prolapse
relapse
solar eclipse
synapse
total eclipse
traipse
trapse

Synonyms and antonyms of corpse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CORPSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «corpse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of corpse

Translation of «corpse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CORPSE

Find out the translation of corpse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of corpse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «corpse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尸体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cadáver
570 millions of speakers

English

corpse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جُثَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

труп
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cadáver
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cadavre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mayat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leiche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mayit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xác chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிணத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ceset
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trup
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

труп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cadavru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πτώμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lyk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of corpse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPSE»

The term «corpse» is very widely used and occupies the 20.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of corpse
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CORPSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «corpse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «corpse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about corpse

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10 QUOTES WITH «CORPSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word corpse.
1
Guillaume Apollinaire
One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.
2
James M. Barrie
That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
3
David Bowie
Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging confrontation you will ever have.
4
Hugo Claus
Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.
5
Aleister Crowley
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.
6
John Derek
Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.
7
Epictetus
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
8
Ronald Firbank
She made a ravishing corpse.
9
Tom Hardy
Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.
10
Alexander Herzen
There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORPSE»

Discover the use of corpse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to corpse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Corpse: Nature, Forensics, And The Struggle To Pinpoint Time ...
Armed with an array of high-tech devices and tests, the world's best forensic pathologists are doing their best to shift the balance, but as Jessica Snyder Sachs demonstrates so eloquently in Corpse, this is a case in which nature might ...
Jessica Snyder Sachs, 2013
2
Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.
Poppy Z. Brite, 1997
3
The Laughing Corpse
An enthralling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel ‘The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it.’ After a few centuries, the only death ‘big enough’ is a human sacrifice.
Laurell K. Hamilton, 2009
4
Exquisite Corpse: Writing on Buildings
Sorkin's interventions range from the development scandals of New York where 'skyscrapers stand at the intersection between grid and greed', through the deconstructivist architectural culture of Los Angeles, to the work and ideas of ...
Michael Sorkin, 1991
5
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
While volunteering at Paradise Manor, tragedy strikes, leaving Sunny to make the decision about whether or not to honor a promise that Cole made to his grandmother about her life and her death.
Sylvia McNicoll, 2012
6
The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Joseph Campbell, 1999
7
Gideon's Corpse
A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, 2012
8
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China From the Bottom Up
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Liao Yiwu, 2008
9
Make the Corpse Walk
Crazed millionaire Kester Weidmann believes money can buy everything - even life and death.
James Hadley Chase, 2000
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Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse ...
It survived well into the eighteenth century, and amongst the poor it lingered stubbornly on into the time of Queen Victoria. This innovative book brings to life a little known and often disturbing part of human history.
Richard Sugg, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORPSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term corpse is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unidentifiable, charred corpse found in Ayutthaya
Police and forensic officers examine the unidentified charred body found in a paddy field in Ayutthaya's Bang Pa-in district on Wednesday. «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
2
Killer strangled girlfriend and drove corpse around for six hours …
A sick killer strangled his prison pen pal and abducted her corpse which he dressed in a hat and sunglasses and drove around before staging ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Greece Gives Europe a Chance to Awaken
... is the one between heresy and non-belief, i.e., when the only way to keep a religion alive is to perform a sectarian split from its main corpse. «Newsweek, Jul 15»
4
Corpse plant blooms in Honolulu over holiday weekend
The rare Corpse Plant bloomed this past weekend at Foster Botanical Garden. ... The corpse plant will lose its scent in the next couple of days. «KITV Honolulu, Jul 15»
5
TiVo Invokes Aereo's Corporate Corpse To Market An “Exclusive …
TiVo Invokes Aereo's Corporate Corpse To Market An “Exclusive” Deal That Costs $70 More Than No Deal At All. By Kate Cox July 6, 2015. (Reflection717). «The Consumerist, Jul 15»
6
Report: Raptors Interested in Corpse of Carlos Boozer
The Raptors may have address the PG and then some, shored up the SF, but they have gotten weaker at the PF with the loss of Amir Johnson, ... «Raptors Republic, Jul 15»
7
Police seek narco test for man found with corpse
Kolkata: With Partha De — the man found living with his sister Debjani's corpse — holding the key to many unanswered questions, the city ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
8
Corpse found in $1M San Francisco house for sale
A mummified corpse of the homeowner was found in a Lake District Victorian house for sale in San Francisco, according to an article from ... «HousingWire, Jul 15»
9
Corpse Party: Blood Drive Targeting October EU Release
Corpse Party: Blood Drive, the latest entry in the Corpse Party survival horror game series, will be localized in Europe and Australia by ... «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
10
Bloated corpse of Colonel Sanders to star in KFC comic
Announced on Twitter, the Colonel's Adventures will be offered exclusively at the San Diego Comic Con (and therefore eBay within minutes of ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Corpse [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/corpse>. Apr 2024 ».
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