fundamental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Forming the basic and most important part of something; essential.

   Honesty is a fundamental part of any good friendship.

2. 2
   adj

   Far-reaching and affecting the very nature of something.

   The new law brought a fundamental change to how schools are run.

3. 3
   noun

   A basic rule or principle that other ideas are built on.

   You must master the fundamentals of grammar first.

Common collocations

• fundamental error Adjective + noun

From Late Latin fundamentālis, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn.

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