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{
"term": "fundamental",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **fundamental principles** of scientific method"
},
{
"text": "You have a **fundamental right** to privacy."
},
{
"text": "a **fundamental question/problem/issue**"
},
{
"text": "a question of fundamental importance"
},
{
"text": "This principle is absolutely fundamental."
},
{
"text": "There is a **fundamental difference** between the two points of view."
},
{
"text": "A **fundamental change** in the organization of health services was required."
},
{
"text": "I think they made a very fundamental mistake."
},
{
"text": "An open system of criminal justice is a fundamental requirement of any democratic society."
},
{
"text": "Living without war is a fundamental freedom."
},
{
"text": "The fundamental dilemma remains: in a tolerant society, should we tolerate intolerance?"
}
],
"synonyms": "basic",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "remain"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to", "for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "central; forming the necessary basis of something",
"sensetop": "fundamental to somethingfundamental for something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hard work is fundamental to success.",
"contextForm": "fundamental to something"
},
{
"text": "Low interest rates are fundamental for growth.",
"contextForm": "fundamental for something"
},
{
"text": "We consider these freedoms fundamental to democracy."
},
{
"text": "Improved funding is fundamental to the success of the project."
}
],
"synonyms": "essential",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "remain"],
"adverb": ["really", "truly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to", "for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "forming the source or base from which everything else is made; not able to be divided any further",
"labels": "(physics)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a fundamental particle"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfʌndəˈmentl/",
"audio": "fu/fundamental/fundamental__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌfʌndəˈmentl/",
"audio": "fu/fundamental/fundamental__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French fondamental, or late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum, from fundare ‘to found’."
}