- serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something synonym basic
- the fundamental principles of scientific method
- You have a fundamental right to privacy.
- a fundamental question/problem/issue
- a question of fundamental importance
- This principle is absolutely fundamental.
- There is a fundamental difference between the two points of view.
- A fundamental change in the organization of health services was required.
Extra Examples- I think they made a very fundamental mistake.
- An open system of criminal justice is a fundamental requirement of any democratic society.
- Living without war is a fundamental freedom.
- The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- central; forming the necessary basis of something synonym essential
- fundamental to something Hard work is fundamental to success.
- fundamental for something Low interest rates are fundamental for growth.
Extra Examples- We consider these freedoms fundamental to democracy.
- Improved funding is fundamental to the success of the project.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- remain
- …
- really
- truly
- very
- …
- to
- for
- [only before noun] (physics) forming the source or base from which everything else is made; not able to be divided any further
- a fundamental particle
Word Originlate Middle English: from French fondamental, or late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare ‘to found’.
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