Kilo Lingo

/kɔː/

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Translation

The hard centre of a fruit like an apple; also the most important central part of anything.

Word origin

The origin is genuinely uncertain.

Origin
uncertain
Root
core

Other proposed origins

  • Most often traced to Old French cuer, heart, from Latin cor. (cor)
  • Some accounts call the origin unknown, as early English spellings do not fit the French word neatly. (core)

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcores

Examples

.

The "core" is the hard middle part with the seeds.

Honesty .

Here "core" means the most important central part.

.

A very common pattern; "the core of" something is its centre.

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This word is part of lesson 55.