{
    "term": "core",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/fr/fruit_misc.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the most important or central part of something",
            "sensetop": "at the core of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This report goes to the core of the argument."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dutch paintings **form the core** of the collection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.",
                    "contextForm": "at the core of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our need for love lies at the **very core** of our being."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She claimed the original six countries of the EU constituted an inner core within the larger union."
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of the characters really gives the film an emotional core."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new spirit welled up from the very core of the nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the core of our convictions is belief in individual liberty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a hollow core of sadness inside me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These ideas formed the core of his philosophy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is seen as the central core of the government's policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want to get to the core of the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a common core of shared understanding about law and government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the emotional core of her music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was a man he detested from the core of his heart."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hollow", "dense", "solid"],
                "verb + core": ["form", "make up", "surround"],
                "preposition": ["at something’s core", "to the core"],
                "phrases": ["the earth’s core"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the central part of an object",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the earth’s core"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the core of a nuclear reactor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The standards of housing and education are often lower in the older urban cores *(= the centres of towns or cities)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "heat from the earth's core"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each fibre has a hollow core trapping still air and aiding warmth."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hollow", "dense", "solid"],
                "verb + core": ["form", "make up", "surround"],
                "preposition": ["at something’s core", "to the core"],
                "phrases": ["the earth’s core"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the hard central part of a fruit such as an apple, that contains the seeds",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an apple core"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the muscles of the lower back and stomach area which help you to maintain good balance, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Your posture will improve as your core becomes stronger."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a small group of people who take part in a particular activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He gathered a small core of advisers around him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "so that the whole of a thing or a person is affected",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was shaken to the core by the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a politician to the core *(= in all his attitudes and actions)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "co/core/core__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɔːr/",
                "audio": "co/core/core__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: of unknown origin."
}