fundamentals

Other forms of fundamentals

plural

fundamentalses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fundamentals

What does fundamentals mean?

fundamentals means "principles from which other truths can be derived".

How many syllables are in fundamentals?

fundamentals has 4 syllables: fun-da-men-tals. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntəlz/.

What is another word for fundamentals?

Close synonyms include basics, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fundamentals a common word?

fundamentals is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.