corps
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5.6
- noun
- /kɔr/
:
cuerpo
- - What the hell does the Medical Corps know about intelligence work?
- press corps
- volunteer corps
- Peace Corps
And this is Katie who came up through the NASA astronaut corps, which is a boys club, right?
- And this is Katie who came up through the NASA astronaut corps, which is a boys club, right?
- That gave me a sense of an early sense of esperi de corps, you know, team stuff.
- Literally that was the start of my aspiration as an entrepreneur in the Peace Corps, in the Peace Corps in the middle of the jungle.
- They're they're a disguise, or rather a disguise of the Ousters is coming from Techno Corps ships that are attacking.
- Let me now turn to sort of Peace Corps has had, well, as in its natural course, has its share of crises.
- These Peace Corps, Peace Corps volunteers made-up stacks of cash around them because the cash currency was nearly worthless.
- Probably the best long term solution to say it that way is for Congress to provide the Corps of Engineers the money to fix the levees.
- If you look at the countries that are leading in terms of how they are young people are doing, their teacher corps largely comes from the top quartile of college graduates.
- My New Year's resolution is to be nicer to the White House press corps, you know?
Examples
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Certainly, no one from the press corps will be permitted on the premises.
Fiction book (1998) -
Hence, feelings such as esprit de corps and brotherhood play an integral part in military success.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, the Corps can get you some help.
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I was never in the Peace Corps.
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Yes, I was in the Peace Corps.
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I felt like I'd just joined the corps of engineers!
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Welcome to the Job Corps, the start of your now-bright future.
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I first arrived in Southeast Asia in 1968 as a Peace Corps volunteer in southern Thailand.
Academic text (1990) -
Dave stands alone at the podium while the press corps crowds every inch of the Briefing Room.
Fiction book (1993) -
The volunteers joined the corps to help communities in need around the world.
Synonyms
329
2.4
A group of people organized to do a specific job, like soldiers or a ship crew
318
3.3
A group of people with shared interests
1
9.9
A group of people who share a common purpose and work together
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
123
3.6
A part of a country's armed forces trained to fight from ships and planes to land
- Literature
43
3.4
A group of reporters from different media who cover the same event or place
40
3.4
A United States government program that sends volunteers to help people in other countries
- Archaic
4
6.8
A former part of the United States Army that flew military planes before the Air Force existed
- Formal
1
7.9
A strong feeling of pride, loyalty, and togetherness that makes group members support each other
- Specialized
1
9.5
A group of dancers who perform together to support the lead dancers
- Specialized
1
4.4
A large military group of soldiers made of two or more divisions with support units
1
4.5
A college program that trains students to become military officers and usually requires service after graduation
A US Marine Corps unit that gathers and gives information for Marine missions worldwide
- Formal
A former branch of the United States Army for women soldiers during World War II
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word corps comes from French corps and Latin corpus, meaning 'body'. So a corps of journalists, diplomats, or engineers is a 'body' of people who work together, like the word corporation which also comes from the same root.