{
    "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’."
}