fundament

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
  2. noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  3. noun lowest support of a structure

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.

In classic literature

Synonyms

basis, base, foundation, groundwork, cornerstone

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