Meaning & Definition of Fundamental in English
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Fundamental
/fəndəmɛntəl/
noun
1. Any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- "Fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"
synonym:
- fundamental
2. The lowest tone of a harmonic series
synonym:
- fundamental,
- fundamental frequency,
- first harmonic
adjective
1. Serving as an essential component
- "A cardinal rule"
- "The central cause of the problem"
- "An example that was fundamental to the argument"
- "Computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
synonym:
- cardinal,
- central,
- fundamental,
- key,
- primal
2. Being or involving basic facts or principles
- "The fundamental laws of the universe"
- "A fundamental incomatibility between them"
- "These rudimentary truths"
- "Underlying principles"
synonym:
- fundamental,
- rudimentary,
- underlying
3. Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- "The fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"
- "The book underwent fundamental changes"
- "Committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"
- "Profound social changes"
synonym:
- fundamental,
- profound
Examples of using
This is a fundamental question.
To me, there aren't any fundamental differences between the cultures of these two countries.
However, in China, they don't use a word for "human rights," but instead express it as "fundamental rights".