fundamental

[ˌfʌndəˈmentl]

Definition:
1. Serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something.
2. Central; forming the necessary basis of something.

Use 'fundamental' in a sentence:

1. What children eat is fundamental to their health, growth and development.
2. In all cases, the fundamental principles remain the same.
3. A fundamental human right is being withheld from these people.
4. Colour is fundamental in home design — something you'll always have in every room.
5. This decision represents the fundamental interests of the people.
6. Behind the texting explosion is a fundamental shift in how we view our mobile devices.
7. They agree on fundamentals, like the need for further political reform.
8. Please first read the introduction on the fundamentals of print production.
9. But on this question, the two leaders have very fundamental differences.
10. I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier.
11. The brain faces the fundamental problem of interpreting physical stimuli from the senses.
12. Primary groups are fundamental to us and to society.
13. There are fundamental differences between your political beliefs and mine.
14. He taught me the fundamentals of the job.
15. They believe that a fundamental change in the governance of Britain is the key to all other necessary changes.
16. Food serves as a form of communication in two fundamental ways.
17. His only fundamental mistake, he insists, is that he was 20 years before his time.
18. Trust is fundamental to life.
19. I am not cast down by it because I believe in the fundamental strength of the business.
20. Such a system would be a fundamental blow to the rights and liberties of the English people.
21. A close study of his compositions reveals that Beethoven overturned no fundamental rules.
22. He believes better relations with China are fundamental to the well-being of the area.
23. A fundamental particle is created when three ribbons are joined in a "plait".
24. It was not simply a practical matter, but a fundamental question of principle.
25. Our constitution embodies all the fundamental principles of democracy.
26. The argument is full of fundamental flaws.
27. These are all fundamental commitments that are now occurring later in life.
28. A millennium ago, step-wells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of India.
29. Satava says, "We are in the midst of a fundamental change in the field of medicine."
30. Technical skill is a fundamental basis for most, if not all, great art.
31. The law of the unity of opposites is the fundamental law of the universe.
32. The fundamental problem lies in their inability to distinguish between reality and invention.
33. There are three fundamental principles of teamwork.
34. The doctrine was based on three fundamental principles.
35. NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
36. The state's worst prison riot will force a fundamental reappraisal of prison policy.
37. That is the fundamental difference between the two societies.
38. The method they pioneered remains fundamental to research into the behaviour of nerve cells.
39. The fundamental way out for agriculture lies in mechanization.
40. Hard work is fundamental to success.
41. There is a fundamental difference between the two points of view.
42. Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental.
43. The other fundamental consideration in the conception of a plan is function.
44. Industry leaders want scientists to engage in fundamental research, not applied research.
45. The first change is a matter of degree, the second is a fundamental shift.
46. A fundamental change in the organization of health services was required.
47. There is still a fundamental misunderstanding about the real purpose of this work.
48. Clothes are a fundamental form of self-expression.
49. One of the fundamental bars to communication is the lack of a universally spoken, common language.
50. There is no conflict of fundamental interests among the third world countries.