core

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ hollow

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Each fibre/fiber has a hollow core.

▪ dense, solid, strong

▪ copper, iron, etc.

▪ reactor

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nuclear reactor cores

▪ central, essential, inner, innermost, very

▪

This is seen as the central core of the government's policy.

▪

A new spirit welled up from the very core of the nation.

▪ outer

▪ common

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a common core of shared understanding

▪ hard

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A hard core of supporters gathered to see the star arrive.

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hard-core party members

▪ emotional

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the emotional core of her music

VERB + CORE

▪ form, make up

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These ideas formed the core of his philosophy.

▪ surround

▪ get to

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We want to get to the core of the problem.

PREPOSITION

▪ at sth's core

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At the core of our convictions is belief in individual liberty.

▪ to the core

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She was shaken to the core by the news.

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He's a politician to the core (= in all his attitudes, beliefs and actions).

PHRASES

▪ the earth's core

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heat from the earth's core

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verb

Core is used with these nouns as the object: ↑apple

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adj.

Core is used with these nouns: ↑audience, ↑belief, ↑business, ↑collection, ↑competence, ↑component, ↑concept, ↑constituency, ↑curriculum, ↑discipline, ↑element, ↑funding, ↑ideology, ↑message, ↑philosophy, ↑principle, ↑requirement, ↑strength, ↑subject, ↑supporter, ↑technology, ↑worker