core
/kɔː/
In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; The heart or inner part of a physical thing; The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax
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Meanings
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In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds
This is the core of the problem.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
I don't see this as a core issue.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
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In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The heart or inner part of a physical thing
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In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax
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In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.; The center or inner part of a space or area
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The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence
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The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.; The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic grouprare
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The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.; The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agentsrare
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The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.; A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topicrare
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The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part — particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in functionrare
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An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor) — particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in functionrare