fundamental as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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fundamental
noun
1 fundamental
Any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business.
2 fundamental
adjective
1 fundamental
Serving as an essential component:
— An example that was fundamental to the argument.
— Computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure.
synonyms: cardinal, central, key, primal.
Roget 215:
supporting,
supported
etc.
v.;
fundamental;
dorsigerous†.
Roget 5:
derived from within,
subjective;
intrinsic,
intrinsical†;
fundamental,
normal;
implanted,
inherent,
essential,
natural;
innate,
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained,
inwrought;
coeval with birth,
genetous†,
haematobious†,
syngenic†;
radical,
incarnate,
thoroughbred,
hereditary,
inherited,
immanent;
congenital,
congenite†;
connate,
running in the blood;
ingenerate†,
ingenite†;
indigenous;
in the grain
etc.
n.;
bred in the bone,
instinctive;
inward,
internal
etc.
221;
to the manner born;
virtual.
characteristic
etc.
(special)
79,
(indicative)
550;
invariable,
incurable,
incorrigible,
ineradicable,
fixed.
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Roget 211:
bottom,
undermost,
nethermost;
fundamental;
founded on,
based on,
grounded on,
built on.
Polish: wytyczny, bazowy, rdzenny, centralny, główny
2 fundamental
Being or involving basic facts or principles:
— The fundamental laws of the universe.
— A fundamental incompatibility between them.
synonyms: rudimentary, underlying.
3 fundamental
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.
synonym: profound.
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