core theme

collocation in English

meaningsofcoreandtheme

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core
adjective
uk
/kɔːr/us
/kɔːr/
most important or ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofcoreandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcore theme

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Personal spirit is a personal dimension, revolving around acorethemeof meaning.
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Throughout the excerpt, as shown below, this grind wheel works as a pivot, or a reference point - a physical manifestation of thecorethemeof the interaction.
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Our thirdcorethemeis related to the economic crisis, where we once again need a comprehensive solution.
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There will be 14 zones of exceptionally high quality, which will breathe real life into thecoretheme, which is "time to make a difference".
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There is onecoretheme.
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Our fourthcorethemeis agriculture.
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Village life was thecorethemeof a huge number of novels.
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Cultural and technology changes and new ways to operate across companies is acoretheme.
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Thecorethemeand message of the film is coming from the book itself.
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The book'scorethemeis the destructive effect that jealousy and vengefulness have, both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities.
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The versions, while differing, share acorethemesurrounding the girl and the puppeteer.
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Acorethemeof his work is that people do not have stable, coherent and readily accessible attitudes that can be reliably measured through self-report.
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This is thecorethemeof the movie, and a good paradigm for viewing much of life.
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Essentially, thecorethemeof the conference was fighter protection.
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Johansons working model is the ecosystem and survival is hercoretheme, one she knows all too well, personally and politically.
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However, the brand only really started to become acorethemein 2001, with the release of a series of mini racecars.
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This is thecorethemeof the book.
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The game's characteristic genre name was, which represented thecorethemeof people's hearts meeting and uniting to overcome difficulties in their lives.
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Anothercorethemeis the marginalisation of women as property.
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The idea that beautiful and functional everyday objects should not only be affordable to the wealthy, but to all, is acorethemein the development of modernism and functionalism.
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