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Definition: Meaning of, core in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɔː /

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core cores
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  1. fruit the hard central part of a fruit such as an apple
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  2. most important part the most important or central part of something
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  3. people a number of people who form a group which is very important to an organization
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  4. to the core extremely or completely
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  5. planet the central part of the Earth or any other PLANET
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  6. nuclear reactor the central part of a NUCLEAR REACTOR
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  1. core curriculum/subjects/skills etc subjects that have to be studied at a school or college
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  2. core business/activities/operations etc the main business or activities of a company or organization
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  3. core values/beliefs the values or beliefs that are most important to someone
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
core cored cored
Present Participle Third Person Singular
coring cores
[transitive]
  1. to remove the centre from a fruit
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CORE


Definition: Meaning of, CORE in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kɔː /

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  1. an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality
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    Congress of Racial Equality
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CORE used in phrases

  • core bit (noun)
    1. a hollow drilling bit that is the cutting part of a core drill; allows core samples to be taken
  • core drill (noun)
    1. a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole
  • core dump (noun)
    1. computing dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging
  • core group (noun)
    1. a small group of indispensable persons or things
  • core memory (noun)
    1. computing a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
  • core out (verb)
    1. remove the interior of
  • hard core (noun)
    1. the small group of people that are most active within a group or organization
    2. a group of people who cannot be persuaded to change their behaviour or beliefs
  • hard-core (adjective)
    1. [only before noun] having an extreme way of life or an extreme belief that is very unlikely to change
    2. hard-core pornography magazines, films etc that show the details of sexual behaviour, often in an unpleasant way
  • magnetic core (noun)
    1. computing a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
  • magnetic core memory (noun)
    1. computing a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
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