fundamental

Definition

  • noun: one of the basic and important parts of something
  • noun: something fundamental
  • adjective: forming or relating to the most important part of something
  • adjective: serving as an original or generating source
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: basic, basal, underlying

Examples

  • There's a 'fundamental' difference between these two political parties.

  • We need to make some 'fundamental' changes in the way we do business.

  • Reading, writing, and arithmetic are the 'fundamentals' of education.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) for security reasons the Pentagon is going to cut our feed to Tehran. But Please be careful. Yeah, I'll continue to stand by. Now you see how fundamental these robots are to our foreign policy. So then tell me, why can't we use these machines here at home? Why is America so robophobic? (..)
    2014 RoboCop