fundamental
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3.8
- noun
- /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəl/
- Understand right from the start that there's a fundamental problem here.
- economic fundamentals
- market fundamentals
- learn the fundamentals
Examples
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So now I think of what are the fundamental determinants of the price movement.
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In addition, most IS students have completed a fundamentals of programming series.
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And that is that the banks fill a fundamental role in our economy.
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Which brings us to the fundamental truth and the main points of this video.
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So these were the three fundamental attachment styles.
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We are talking about the fundamental underpinnings of why you are here.
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At a minimum, topics covered in the course included software engineering, project management, business fundamentals, and entrepreneurship.
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Wheeler describes the county government system before the revolution, but the fundamentals of the system remained in place after independence.
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He has to teach the kids fundamentals, things like which basket is ours.
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Understanding supply and demand is a fundamental to mastering economics.
Synonyms
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3.8
A basic idea or law that explains how something works
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1.0
Important facts or skills you learn first in a subject
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5.3
A very important idea or part that something depends on
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3.0
Basic ideas you learn first when studying a subject
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2.7
An important rule or idea that forms the base for other knowledge
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4.1
A basic rule that other ideas come from
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5.8
Basic ideas and facts that form the foundation of a subject
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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5.6
A set of basic rules that explains how a country's government works and what rights people have
- Specialized
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6.8
A very small part of matter not made of smaller parts like an electron or quark
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8.1
A basic force that makes energy move between very small parts of matter, like gravity or electricity
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5.5
Look at a company's money, managers, and market to find its real value
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5.6
A basic quantity like length, mass, or time that measurement systems use
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5.9
A basic physical amount used to measure things, like length or mass
How Fundamental
Surface Forms
Etymology
A fundamental (often plural fundamentals) also comes from the Latin fundamentum, 'foundation', so it means the basic rules or parts you must know to understand a subject.