core group
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3.5
- noun
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núcleo
- The project's success depends on a core group of dedicated volunteers.
- core group of people
- core group of teachers
And is that an active part of the core group of guys?
- And is that an active part of the core group of guys?
- pretty tight core group of of people who are running the company with me. And that to me is, is kind of the thing that
- And but it was it was a real core group who just got it.
- balling, I said that's what you're a part of. How can I be more involved? And so you know what? That same core group
- But usually your core group of the day and the people that you're usually conspiring with are very small groups.
Examples
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The benefit is there's a core group of guys, we work together every weekend.
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Most groups had a fairly large membership, but only a small core group that attended on a regular basis.
Academic text (1993) -
And but it was it was a real core group who just got it.
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pretty tight core group of of people who are running the company with me. And that to me is, is kind of the thing that
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But it's a pretty good core group, I think.
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We wanted all of you, our core group, to hear it first.
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But we had this core group of just incredibly talented young women who really built this firm.
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He's called an emergency meeting of the core group for early this evening.
Fiction book (1997) -
And it comes from having a core group of loyal users who love what you're doing.
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Roshi sat with us, taught us "how to do things," and gradually a core group formed.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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4.9
A small trusted group of people with special power or access in an organization
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6.3
A small group of people at the center of a larger team or activity
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5.4
A small group of members who are very loyal and always support it
A small central group that forms the base of an organization or activity
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small group central and essential to a larger organization' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'core' (central, essential) + 'group' (a unit of people or things). This noun+noun construction is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Core group may come from the image of a core (like the hard middle of an apple) that sits at the centre with a small group around it. That's why a core group means a small team that is 'central' or 'essential' to a larger project.