Sentence examples for core meaning from inspiring English sources

The core meaning of predistribution is simple to grasp.

"But nobody thinks that is even the fifth or sixth core meaning of 'run'".

That seems to entail pretending that "set" has a core meaning for every preposition in the language to somehow modify, and assigning such a core meaning is nigh impossible.

This, at least, seems to be implicit in the core meaning of "expression": the outer manifestation of an inner state.

Instead, in the final hours before he is said to have faxed his resignation to the governor general, he demonstrated the core meaning of his premiership.

Why do so many items of vocabulary seem to defy the attempts of lexicographers to tie them down to anything other than a vaguely defined core meaning?

Think of the brand as the core meaning of the modern corporation, and of the advertisement as one vehicle used to convey that meaning to the world.

The power of the word to shock is in decline, Mr. Sheidlower said, largely because its core meaning has been blurred.

"Given its core meaning," the commission told the court, "any use of the word has a sexual connotation even if the word is not used literally".

The core meaning of the word redemption is something like "to secure the freedom, or the very existence, of someone or something at a price...."....

The Google TV software will be open source at its core, meaning that device and TV makers should have broad access to it.