Meaning

4 senses
  1. (singular)A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.

    Grundlage

    осно́выosnóvy, при́нципpríncip

    при́нципprýncyp, осно́ваosnóva

  2. (plural)A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.

    one of the fundamentals of linear algebra

  3. The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.

  4. The lowest partial of a complex tone.

    the lowest tone of a harmonic series

Examples

130 sentences
  1. That's a fundamental question that needs to be addressed.

    deDas ist eine grundlegende Frage, die angesprochen werden muß.

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  2. This is a fundamental question that needs to be addressed.

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  3. It's a fundamental human desire.

    ruЭто основное человеческое желание.

    deDas ist ein menschliches Grundbedürfnis.

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  4. Let's address the fundamental issues.

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  5. This book is fundamental for an understanding of biology.

    Ця книга є базисною для розуміння біології.

    ruЭта книга является основой для понимания биологии.

    deDieses Buch ist grundlegend für ein Verständnis der Biologie.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article:
Русский
By meaning 1
a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article:

Origin

From Middle English foundamental, fundamental, from Late Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin f

From Middle English foundamental, fundamental, from Late Latin fundāmentālis, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. By surface analysis, fundament + -al.

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Forms

plural: fundamentals
Singularfundamental
Pluralfundamentals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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