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   Fun·da·men·tal

   /ˌfəndəˈmen(t)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. forming a necessary base or core; of central importance: "the protection of fundamental human rights"
   • ▪ affecting or relating to the essential nature of something or the crucial point about an issue: "the fundamental problem remains that of the housing shortage"
   • ▪ so basic as to be hard to alter, resolve, or overcome: "the theories are based on a fundamental error"

   noun

   • 1. a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based: "two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology"
   • ▪ a fundamental note, tone, or frequency.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French fondamental, or late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare ‘to found’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fundamentality noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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