how to pronounce fundamental

/ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/

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fundamental is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of fundamental in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Bannatyne spotted a fundamental flaw I'm …”

meaning of fundamental

Fundamental means the most important or basic part of something.

fundamental frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word fundamental occurs in english on average 45.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics fundamental can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that fundamental can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;