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Corona trademark a type of Mexican beer, sold especially in the US and also available in the UK
cor-o-na-ry¹ /'kɒrənərɪl'kɔːrəneri, 'kɑː-/ adj med of the heart: coronary heart disease
coronary² also ,coronary throm'bosis fml — n infml the stopping of the blood supply to the heart, causing a HEART ATTACK: He had/suffered a massive coronary and died instantly. ➔ compare STROKE
cor-o-na-tion /ˌkɒrə'neɪʃənlˌkɔr-, ˌkɑː-/ n the ceremony at which a king or queen is crowned. In Britain, this is held in Westminster Abbey. The occasion at which the present king or queen was crowned (which in the case of Queen Elizabeth II took place in 1953) is known as the Coronation.
Coro'nation Street one of the most popular programmes on British television, which has been shown continuously since 1960. It is a SOAP OPERA set in an industrial city in northern England and its characters are working-class people who live in a street called Coronation Street. Some of its best-known characters have been Ena Sharples and Bet Lynch. People sometimes informally call it 'Corrie'.
cor-o-ner /'kɒrənərɪl'kɔːr-, 'kɑː-/ n a public official who holds inquiries into the cause of a person's death, especially if the death is not clearly the result of natural causes ➔ see also INQUEST
cor-o-net /'kɒrənɪtɪlˌkɔːrə'net, ˌkɑː-/ n 1 a small crown usually worn by princes or members of noble families 2 any crownlike decoration for the head: a coronet of flowers
corp /kɔːpɪlkɔːrp/ abbrev. for 1 CORPORATION 2 CORPORAL
cor-po-ra /'kɔːpərəl'kɔːr-/ pl. of CORPUS
cor-po-ral¹ /'kɔːpərəlɪl'kɔːr-/ adj [A] fml of the body; physical
corporal² n an army or air force rank ➔ see TABLE 3
corporal 'punishment n [U] the practice of hitting some-one as a method of official punishment
**CULTURAL NOTE** Corporal punishment is now illegal in schools in the US and the UK. In the past, boys used to be punished in this way more often than girls. They were usually hit on the hand or BUTTOCKS with a STRAP (=long thin piece of leather) or belt, a CANE BrE (=a long thin stick), or a PADDLE AmE (=a piece of wood with a handle).
cor-po-rate /'kɔːpərtɪl'kːr-/ adj 1 of, belonging to, or shared by all the members of a group; COLLECTIVE: corporate responsibility 2 [A] of or belonging to a corporation: The company is concerned about its corporate image. (=the way it is regarded by the public) | The bank has both individual and corporate customers. | a key feature of our long-term corporate planning 3 [A] forming a single body: The university is a corporate body formed from several different colleges. ➔—ly adv
corporate hospi'tality n [U] the entertaining of its customers by a company, by giving them special meals, drinks etc in pleasant surroundings, for example at a theatre or at a sporting event
cor-po-ra-tion /ˌkɔːpə'reɪʃənɪlˌkɔːr-/ n [C+sing/pl. v] 1 a group of people who are permitted by law to act as a single unit, especially for purposes of business, with rights and duties separate from those of its members: Mary works for a large American corporation. | a multinational corporation. | the British Broadcasting Corporation 2 BrE a town COUNCIL: The corporation has/have closed the road.
corpo'ration tax n [U] a tax paid by all companies in Britain and the US
cor-po-re-al /kɔː'pɔːriəllkɔːr-/ adj fml 1 of or for the body as opposed to the spirit: corporeal needs such as food 2 that can be touched; material; physical ➔—ly adv
corps /kɔː/ n pl. corps /kɔːzɪlkɔːrz/ [C+sing/ pl. v] 1 (often cap.) a trained army group with special duties and responsibilities: the medical corps 2 (often cap.) a branch of the army equal in size to two DIVISIONS 3 a group of people united in the same activity: the President's press corps
corps de bal·let /ˌkɔː də 'bæleɪɪlˌkɔːr də bæ'leɪ, -'bælɛɪ/ n [C+sing/ pl. v] Fr BALLET
corpse /kɔːpsɪlkɔːrps/ n a dead body, especially of a person. This word is either used formally, for example by police officers or doctors, or in plays and stories about murders. A more usual expression would be simply 'a body'.
cor-pu-lent /'kɔːpjələntl'kɔːr-/ adj euph (of a person) very fat ➔—lence n [U]
cor-pus /'kɔːpəsɪl'kɔːr-/ n pl. corpora /'kɔːpərəl'kɔːr-/, corpuses a collection a) of all the writings of a special kind, or by a certain person: the corpus of Shakespeare's works b) of material or information for study: The dictionary is based on a corpus of 10,000,000 words taken from books and newspapers in English.
Cor·pus Chris·ti¹ /ˌkɔːpəs 'krɪstɪilˌkɔːr-/ also the Feast of Corpus Christi a holy day in the Roman Catholic Church, when the SACRAMENT (=the holy bread eaten at the Eucharist) is carried in PROCESSION. Corpus Christi is Latin for 'the Body of Christ'.
Corpus Christi² a city in southeast Texas on the Gulf of Mexico
cor-pus·cle /'kɔːpəsəl, kɔː'rʌ-lɪl'kɔːrpəsəl/ n any of the red or white cells in the blood
cor·ral¹ /kɒ'rɑːl, kə-llkə'ræl/ n an enclosed area, especially in North America, where cattle, horses etc are kept
corral² v -ll- [T] to drive (animals) into a corral: (fig.) They corralled the protesters and kept them away from the President's car.
cor-rect /kə'rekt/ adj 1 based on or in accordance with the truth or the facts; right; without mistakes: a correct answer | correct spelling | If these predictions turn out to be correct, the company is going to have a very good year. 2 following approved or established standards of manners, action etc: correct behaviour | Make sure that these papers are processed according to the correct procedures. | His behaviour in public is always terribly correct; I wonder if he ever makes a joke. ➔ opposite INCORRECT ➔—ly adv ➔—ness n [U]
correct² v [T] 1 to make or set right: Correct my pronunciation if it's wrong. | These spectacles will correct her eyesight defect. | They issued a new statement correcting the errors that had appeared in the earlier one. 2 (of a teacher) to show the mistakes in: I've been correcting the kids' homework for hours. 3 old-fash to punish in order to improve the behaviour of
cor-rec-tion /kə'rekʃən/ n 1 [U] the act of correcting 2 [C] a change that corrects something: Teachers usually make corrections in red ink. 3 [U] old-fash punishment: They sent him to a house of correction. (=a prison)
corˌrectional fa'cility n AmE tech or euph prison
cor'rection fluid also cor'recting fluid n [U] a special white liquid in a bottle or a pen which is put over a written mistake so that you can write in that place again
cor-rec-tive /kə'rektɪv/ adj, n fml (something) intended to correct: corrective measures/treatment ➔—ly adv
cor-rel-ate¹ /'kɒrəleɪtl'kɔːr-, 'kɑː-/ v [i;T(with)] to (show to) have a close shared relationship or connection of cause and effect: They are trying to find out if these behaviour patterns correlate with particular changes in diet. | Smoking and lung cancer are closely correlated.
cor-rel-ate² /'kɒrəlɪtl'kɔːr-, 'kɑː-/ n either of two things that correlate with each other
cor·re-la-tion /ˌkɒrə'leɪʃənɪlˌkɔːr-, ˌkɑː-/ n 1 [C(between)] a shared relationship or connection of cause and effect: a high correlation between unemployment and crime 2 [U(of)] fml the act of correlating
cor-rel-a-tive /kə'relɪtɪv/ adj, n 1 fml (any of two or more things that are) naturally related 2 tech (either of two words) regularly used together but rarely used next to each other: 'Either' and 'or' are correlative conjunctions.
cor-re-spond /ˌkɒrɪ'spɒnd, ˌkɔːrɪ'spɑːnd, ˌkɑ-/ v [l] 1 [(with, to)] to be in agreement; match; be CONSISTENT (with) or EQUIVALENT (to): The problem is that what she says doesn't correspond with what she does. | The contents of the box must correspond to the description on the label. 2 [(with)] to exchange letters regularly. This word is used of personal letters, but is more formal than saying that people wrote to each other: Janet and Bob corresponded (with each other) for many years.
cor-re-spon-dence /ˌkɒrɪ'spɒndənsɪlˌkɔːrɪ'spɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ n [S,U (between, with)] 1 the act of exchanging letters 2 the letters exchanged between people: The library bought all the