at the core of synonym | English synonyms dictionary | Reverso
core
(
cores
plural & 3rd person present
)
(
coring
present participle
)
(
cored
past tense & past participle
)
1
n-count
The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
oft n N
Peel the pears and remove the cores.
2
verb
If you core a fruit, you remove its core.
…machines for peeling and coring apples.
V n
3
n-count
The core of an object, building, or city is the central part of it.
usu with poss
(=centre)
…the earth’s core…, The core of the city is a series of ancient squares.
4
n-sing
The coreof 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 N, usu N of n
(=heart)
…the ability to get straight to the core of a problem…
5
n-sing
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.
N n, N of n
We already have our core team in place…, A core of about six staff would continue with the project.
6
n-sing
In a school or college, core subjects are a group of subjects that have to be studied.
usu N n
The core subjects are English, mathematics and science…, …a core of nine academic subjects.
7
n-sing
The core businesses or the core activities of a company or organization are their most important ones.
usu N n
The group plans to concentrate on six core businesses…, However, the main core of the company performed outstandingly.
8
→
hard core
→
hard-core
→
soft-core
9
You can use to the core to describe someone who is a very strong supporter of someone or something and will never change their views. For example, you can say that someone is Republican to the core.
♦
to the core
phrase
adj/n PHR
(=through and through)
The villagers are royalist to the core.
10
If someone is shaken to the core or shocked to the core, they are extremely shaken or shocked.
♦
to the core
phrase
usu -ed PHR
Leonard was shaken to the core; he’d never seen or read anything like it.
hard core
Hard core consists of pieces of broken stone that are used as a base on which to build roads.
(mainly BRIT)
n-uncount
hard-core
, hardcore, hard core
1
n-sing
You can refer to the members of a group who are the most committed to its activities or who are the most involved in them as a hard coreof members or as the hard-core members.
oft N of n, N n
We’ve got a hard core of customers that have stood by us…, A hard-core group of right-wing senators had hoped to sway their colleagues.
2
adj
Hard-core pornography shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex. Compare soft-core.
ADJ n
soft-core
, softcore
Soft-core pornography shows or describes sex, but not very violent or unpleasant sex, or not in a very detailed way. Compare hard-core.
adj
ADJ n
