Fundamental — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

the lowest tone of a harmonic series

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl/

🇬🇧British English

/fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl/

4 syllables Say it as /fˌʌndəmˈɛntəl/.

Examples

fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure
a cardinal rule
the central cause of the problem

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

central fundamental frequency primal profound key first harmonic underlying cardinal rudimentary

Parts of Speech

noun	any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business “fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure”
noun	the lowest tone of a harmonic series
adjective	serving as an essential component “a cardinal rule”
adjective	being or involving basic facts or principles “the fundamental laws of the universe”
adjective	far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something “the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred”

Word Forms

center	noun	the object upon which interest and attention focuses
profoundness	noun	wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

grundlegend

Jeder Faktor, der für das Verständnis eines bestimmten Unternehmens als wichtig angesehen werden könnte

🇫🇷French

fondamental

tout facteur qui pourrait être considéré comme important pour la compréhension d’une entreprise particulière

🇮🇹Italian

fondamentale

qualsiasi fattore che potrebbe essere considerato importante per la comprensione di un particolare business

🇳🇱Dutch

fundamenteel

elke factor die als belangrijk kan worden beschouwd voor het begrip van een bepaald bedrijf

🇷🇺Russian

фундаментальный

любой фактор, который можно считать важным для понимания конкретного бизнеса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मौलिक

कोई भी कारक जिसे किसी विशेष व्यवसाय की समझ के लिए महत्वपूर्ण माना जा सकता है

🇧🇩Bengali

মৌলিক

একটি নির্দিষ্ট ব্যবসা বোঝার জন্য গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিবেচিত হতে পারে যে কোনো কারণ

🇮🇳Tamil

அடிப்படை

ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வணிகத்தைப் புரிந்துகொள்வதற்கு முக்கியமானதாகக் கருதப்படும் எந்தக் காரணியும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రాథమిక

నిర్దిష్ట వ్యాపారం యొక్క అవగాహనకు ముఖ్యమైనదిగా పరిగణించబడే ఏదైనా అంశం

🇮🇳Marathi

मूलभूत

विशिष्ट व्यवसायाच्या आकलनासाठी महत्त्वाचा मानला जाणारा कोणताही घटक

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂળભૂત

કોઈપણ પરિબળ કે જે ચોક્કસ વ્યવસાયની સમજ માટે મહત્વપૂર્ણ ગણી શકાય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂಲಭೂತ

ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ ವ್ಯವಹಾರದ ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಮುಖವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಯಾವುದೇ ಅಂಶ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിസ്ഥാനപരമായ

ഒരു പ്രത്യേക ബിസിനസ്സ് മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നതിന് പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ടതായി കണക്കാക്കാവുന്ന ഏതെങ്കിലും ഘടകം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ

ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਕਾਰਕ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਖਾਸ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ਲਈ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

بنیادی

کوئی بھی عنصر جسے کسی خاص کاروبار کی تفہیم کے لیے اہم سمجھا جا سکتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

基本的

任何可能被认为对理解特定业务很重要的因素

🇯🇵Japanese

基本的

特定のビジネスを理解するために重要と考えられる要素

🇰🇷Korean

근본적인

특정 비즈니스를 이해하는 데 중요하다고 간주될 수 있는 모든 요소

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cơ bản

bất kỳ yếu tố nào có thể được coi là quan trọng đối với sự hiểu biết về một doanh nghiệp cụ thể

🇹🇭Thai

พื้นฐาน

ปัจจัยใด ๆ ที่อาจถือได้ว่ามีความสำคัญต่อความเข้าใจในธุรกิจใดธุรกิจหนึ่ง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mendasar

faktor apa pun yang dapat dianggap penting untuk memahami bisnis tertentu

🇵🇭Filipino

pangunahing

anumang salik na maaaring ituring na mahalaga sa pag-unawa sa isang partikular na negosyo

🇲🇾Malay

asas

sebarang faktor yang boleh dianggap penting untuk pemahaman perniagaan tertentu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

أساسي

أي عامل يمكن اعتباره مهمًا لفهم عمل معين

🇮🇷Persian

اساسی

هر عاملی که می تواند برای درک یک تجارت خاص مهم تلقی شود

🇹🇷Turkish

esas

Belirli bir işletmenin anlaşılmasında önemli sayılabilecek herhangi bir faktör

🇮🇱Hebrew

יְסוֹד

כל גורם שיכול להיחשב חשוב להבנת עסק מסוים

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