fundamental
/fʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)l/
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American sound/fʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)l/
fʌndəˈmɛntəl
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fʌndə - ˈmɛntəl -> fundamental
Myanmar meaning
(adj) (က) အခြေခံ ကျသော။ လေးနက်သော။ (ခ) အဓိကကျသော။ အဓိက။ (ဂ) အခြေခံ။
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fundamental / fʌndǝ'mentl / adj
၁။ (က) အခြေခံ ကျသော။ လေးနက်သော။
There are fundamental differences between these two government departments.
(ခ) အဓိကကျသော။ အဓိက။ His fundamental concern was for her welfare. ❍ The fundamental question is a political one.
(ဂ) အခြေခံ။ the fundamental rules of mathematics. (ဃ) ~ (to sth) ပဓာန။ Hard work is fundamental to success.
၂။ (physics ) မူလ။ fundamental particles.
n ( usu pl) အခြေခံ။ learn the fundamentals of geometry.
❏ fundamentally / -tǝli / adv အခြေခံအားဖြင့်။ Her ideas are fundamentally sound, even if she sometimes says silly things.
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- [a fundamental flaw/weakness] : Some people see this as a fundamental flaw in his argument.
- [fundamental changes] : We shall have to make some fundamental changes in the way we do business.
- [fundamental difference] : There was an even more fundamental difference in attitude between us.
- [fundamental principle/issue/question] : A fundamental principle of Anglo-American law is that crimes must be clearly defined.
- [fundamental to] : My relationship with the actors is fundamental to my work as a director.
Synonyms
basic, primary, original, essential, elementary, elemental, deep, deep-seated, underlying, supporting, ABCs, axiological, axiom, axiomatic, basal, basis, bottom, bottom line, bottom-line, brass tacks, cardinal, central, coal and ice, component, constituent, constitutional, constitutive, cornerstone, crucial, element, essential part, factor, first, foundation, foundational, grass-roots, ground rule, guts, heart, important, indispensable, integral, intrinsic, key, law, major, meat-and-potatoes, modus operandi, necessary, nitty-gritty, organic, paramount, point of departure, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, principium, principle, radical, requisite, rock bottom, rudiment, rudimentary, rule, significant, sine qua non, stipulation, structural, substratal, substrative, sustaining, tenet, theorem, theoretical, ultimate, underived, vital
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