fundamental

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure
• Hypernyms:
factor
2. the lowest tone of a harmonic series
• Syn:
fundamental frequency, first harmonic
• Hypernyms:
harmonic

II - adjective

1. serving as an essential component (Freq. 10)
- a cardinal rule
- the central cause of the problem
- an example that was fundamental to the argument
- computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure
• Syn:
cardinal, central, key, primal
• Similar to:
important, of import
• Derivationally related forms:
center (for: central)
2. being or involving basic facts or principles (Freq. 7)
- the fundamental laws of the universe
- a fundamental incomatibility between them
- these rudimentary truths
- underlying principles
• Syn:
rudimentary, underlying
• Similar to:
basic
3. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something (Freq. 1)
- the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred
- the book underwent fundamental changes
- committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance
- profound social changes
• Syn:
profound
• Similar to:
significant, important
• Derivationally related forms:
profoundness (for: profound)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  profound, rudimentary, underlying, cardinal, central, key, primal, fundamental frequency, first harmonic