| query | The c___ of an object, building, or city is the central part of it.The core of an object, building, or city is the central part of it. ...the earth's core. The core of the city is a series of ancient squares. |
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| word | core |
| full-definition | noun The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips . Someone threw an apple core. Peel the pears and remove the cores. The core of an object, building, or city is the central part of it. ...the earth's core. The core of the city is a series of ancient squares. The core of something such as a problem or an issue is the part of it that has to be understood or accepted before the whole thing can be understood or dealt with. ...the ability to get straight to the core of a problem. A core team or a core group is a group of people who do the main part of a job or piece of work. Other people may also help, but only for limited periods of time. We already have our core team in place. A core of about six staff would continue with the project. In a school or college, core subjects are a group of subjects that have to be studied. The core subjects are English, mathematics and science. A foreign language must be part of the core curriculum. ...a core of nine academic subjects. The core businesses or the core activities of a company or organization are their most important ones. The core activities of local authorities were reorganised. The group plans to concentrate on six core businesses. However, the main core of the company performed outstandingly. verb If you core a fruit, you remove its core. ...machines for peeling and coring apples. |
| inflections | corescoringcored |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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