fundamental adj - definition in American English Dictionary

fundamental

/ˌfʌn·dəˈmen·t^əl/ adj

› being the most basic or most important thing on which other things depend:

fundamental beliefs/principles

We need to make fundamental changes in the way we treat our environment.

fundamentals fundamentals: listen to American pronunciation

/ˌfʌn·dəˈmen·t^əlz/ pl n

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In the early grades, children learn the fundamentals of reading.

fundamentally fundamentally: listen to American pronunciation

/ˌfʌn·dəˈmen·t^əl·i/ adv [not gradable]

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Their economy was fundamentally (= basically) in good shape.

(Definition of fundamental adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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