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Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don't pay too much attention to that.
Holly Valance

Meaning of "hard core" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD CORE

hard core play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD CORE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hard core can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HARD CORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hard core in the English dictionary

The first definition of hard core in the dictionary is the members of a group or movement who form an intransigent nucleus resisting change. Other definition of hard core is material, such as broken bricks, stones, etc, used to form a foundation for a road, paving, building, etc. Hard core is also describing or depicting sexual acts in explicit detail.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD CORE

hard at it
hard bop
hard by
hard card
hard case
hard cash
hard cheese
hard cider
hard coal
hard copy
hard court
hard currency
hard disk
hard disk drive
hard doer
hard done by
hard drive
hard drug
hard feeling
hard feelings

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD CORE

aggregate score
albacore
apple core
common core
core
encore
fourscore
hardcore
manticore
outscore
over the score
raw score
score
settle a score
soft-core
the score
threescore
topscore
Travancore
underscore

Synonyms and antonyms of hard core in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hard core» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD CORE

Find out the translation of hard core to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hard core from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard core» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中坚分子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

(miembro) incondicional
570 millions of speakers

English

hard core
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हार्ड कोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النواة الصلبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

твердое ядро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

núcleo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড কোর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

noyau dur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Teras keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

harter Kern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中核
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핵심 인물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hard inti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lõi cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடின கோர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड कोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sert çekirdek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zoccolo duro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hard core
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тверде ядро
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nucleu dur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρό πυρήνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harde kern
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hård kärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hard core
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hard core

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD CORE»

The term «hard core» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.014 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD CORE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hard core» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hard core» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard core

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7 QUOTES WITH «HARD CORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hard core.
1
Stephen Baldwin
My point is simply this: I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core, radical way for the Lord. In the process, if I insult a couple of people, if I offend a couple of people, and if I got to shake it up a little bit, as long as it is led by the Holy Spirit, amen.
2
Stephen Baldwin
I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core, radical way for the Lord. In the process, if I insult a couple of people, if I offend a couple of people, and if I got to shake it up a little bit, as long as it is led by the Holy Spirit, amen.
3
Sue Gardner
When Wikipedia first started, the only people interacting on the Internet were hard core geeks. Now everyone is there, and they're attracted to the easy, free ways to interact.
4
JoJo
I don't attend an actual school but I'm still following through with high school. I do work with a tutor for about six hours a day. It's hard core but definitely worth it, and it's my main focus now - finishing up high school before I release my new album and apply to college.
5
Big Pun
The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world.
6
Sarah Silverman
I have a ton of Holocaust stuff, and some of it is really hard core.
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Holly Valance
Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don't pay too much attention to that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD CORE»

Discover the use of hard core in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hard core and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hard-core Management
The last 20 years has seen one management fad after another come and go. At the behest of consultants and gurus, businesses have re-engineered, downsized, learnt excellence, developed competencies and created customer-focused strategies.
Jo Owen, 2003
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Hollywood V. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship ...
One, a major Hollywood studio production, the other an independently made "skin flick." At that moment, Jon Lewis asserts, the fate of the American film industry hung in the balance. Spanning the 20th century, Hollywood v.
Jon Lewis, 2002
3
Hard Core Hockey: Essential Skills, Strategies, and Systems ...
“Coach Pecknold has created a no-gimmicks system for teaching skills and strategy that gets players to the next level.” --George Gwozdecky, head coach of the University of Denver men’s ice hockey team, and 2005 National Coach of the ...
Rand Pecknold, Aaron Foeste, 2009
4
Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "Frenzy of the Visible"
On hard core pornographic cinema.
Linda Williams, 1999
5
What's Up with the Hard Core Jewish People?: An Irreverent ...
The author pens a true story of a casually Jewish family's struggle to cope with divisiveness caused when one son becomes an Orthodox Jew.
Margery Isis Schwartz, 2006
6
Hard Core Abs I: Building the Foundation
The first ever progressive abdominal and core training manual based on a class that all fitness levels have used and found challenging.
Nathan Harewood, 2002
7
Bruce McDonald's Hard Core Logo
Paul McEwan examines Hard Core Logo in the context of other adaptations of Michael Turner's 1993 novel of the same name, as well as against other films from McDonald's celebrated career.
Paul McEwan, 2011
8
Hard Core Cartels Recent progress and challenges ahead: ...
This book reviews progress in the fight against hard core cartels.
OECD, 2003
9
Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the "frenzy of the Visible"
Chapter 8 then investigates the many ways in which recent hard-core pornography has begun to undergo revision under the scrutiny of women viewers . I have pursued two courses in my selection of films and videos for discussion. In the area ...
Linda Williams, 1989
10
Shooting Dope: Career Patterns of Hard-core Heroin Users
Want ads won't list it; minimum wage and the mommy-track are irrelevant. Yet, Faupel maintains, hard-core heroin use is a career much like any conventional occupation.
Charles E. Faupel, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD CORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hard core is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baaghi, The Flying Sikh: It's all hard core action for Tiger Shroff now …
Tiger Shroff will soon be seen with Shraddha Kapoor in Baaghi, and as a superhero in The Flying Sikh. IndiaToday.in New Delhi, July 14, 2015 | UPDATED ... «India Today, Jul 15»
2
Ebola: 'Fear, denial and fatigue fuelling outbreak' - BBC News
"We have not been successful in convincing a last hard core of the population to change their behaviour," said Obi Sesay, director of the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Trump, Tancredo and the losing theme of immigration - The Denver …
Lobbing lurid shots at immigrants here illegally will earn you lots of free press and a hard core of single-issue activists. It may even give you a ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
4
Harper Lee's new book released at midnight in Hamilton | Missoula …
The bookstore welcomed about 15 hard core readers to eat popcorn and drink lemonade while they waited. Fans could watch Gregory Peck in ... «NBC Montana, Jul 15»
5
B.C. appetite for pot reform is riding high, says poll - Tri City News
"I think she was appealing to the hard core Conservative base in other parts of the country that don't want to see this legalized." Health Canada ... «The Tri-City News, Jul 15»
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Hot Foods For Hot Days: 2 Spicy Summer Recipes | Here & Now
... ($8.75) are delicious sprinkled on grilled meat, seafood, noodle dishes, curries, or on top of salads and sandwiches for the true hard core. «Here And Now, Jul 15»
7
3D Printer and Robot: Soft Body, Hard Core
A new soft-bodied, 3D-printed robot jumps easily without damage and can be handled by humans. (Photo : Jacobs School of Engineering/UC ... «Nature World News, Jul 15»
8
Hard Core vows to retake The Angel's title
GIDEON "Hard Core" Buthelezi has promised to bring to an end the reign of IBO junior bantamweight holder Lwandile "The Angel" Sityatha ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
9
Hard Core Tech: Clean Up Your Site Backlinks
Every time I log in to my WordPress admin panel to write a post or take care of a site admin task, I see a little box in my dashboard about my ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
10
Photographer Andy Thirlwell captures sharks and seals off the …
'I was in a cage for them, that's a bit more hard core,' he said. Mr Thirlwell said underwater photography was his favourite type, although he also ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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