{
    "term": "fundamentally",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in every way that is important; completely",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The two approaches are fundamentally different."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the 1960s the situation had changed fundamentally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They remained fundamentally opposed to the plan."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used when you are introducing a topic and stating something important about it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fundamentally, there are two different approaches to the problem."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "basically"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used when you are saying what is the most important thing about somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is fundamentally a nice person, but she finds it difficult to communicate."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "basically"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfʌndəˈmentəli/",
                "audio": "fu/fundamentally/fundamentally__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌfʌndəˈmentəli/",
                "audio": "fu/fundamentally/fundamentally__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}