lowest support of a structure
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base

foot

foundation

fundament

groundwork

substructure

understructure

sample sentences

"it was built on a base of solid rock"
"he stood at the foot of the tower"

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
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arse

ass

backside

behind

bottom

bum

buns

butt

buttocks

can

derriere

fanny

fundament

hind end

hindquarters

keister

nates

posterior

prat

rear

rear end

rump

seat

stern

tail

tail end

tooshie

tush

sample sentences

"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
"are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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base

basis

cornerstone

foundation

fundament

groundwork

sample sentences

"the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

serving as an essential component
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cardinal

central

fundamental

key

primal

sample sentences

"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
"an example that was fundamental to the argument"
"computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

being or involving basic facts or principles
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fundamental

rudimentary

underlying

sample sentences

"the fundamental laws of the universe"
"a fundamental incompatibility between them"
"these rudimentary truths"
"underlying principles"

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
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fundamental

profound

sample sentences

"the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"
"the book underwent fundamental changes"
"committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"
"profound social changes"

the lowest tone of a harmonic series
<noun.cognition>

first harmonic

fundamental

fundamental frequency

any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
<noun.event>

fundamental

sample sentences

"fundamentals include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management, and capital structure"

(stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy
<noun.act>

fundamental analysis

fundamentals analysis

the lowest tone of a harmonic series
<noun.cognition>

first harmonic

fundamental

fundamental frequency

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
<noun.phenomenon>

fundamental interaction

interaction

law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
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constitution

fundamental law

organic law

one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
<noun.quantity>

fundamental measure

fundamental quantity

(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
<noun.object>

elementary particle

fundamental particle

principles from which other truths can be derived
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basic principle

basics

bedrock

fundamental principle

fundamentals

sample sentences

"first you must learn the fundamentals"
"let's get down to basics"

one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
<noun.quantity>

fundamental measure

fundamental quantity

the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.
<noun.cognition>

fundamentalism

a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth
<noun.cognition>

fundamentalism

of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fundamentalist

fundamentalistic

of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism
<adj.pert>

fundamentalist

fundamentalistic

a supporter of fundamentalism
<noun.person>

fundamentalist

an adherent of fundamentalist principles
<noun.person>

fundamentalist

of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism
<adj.pert>

fundamentalist

fundamentalistic

of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
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fundamentalist

fundamentalistic

in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
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basically

essentially

fundamentally

sample sentences

"He is basically dishonest"
"the argument was essentially a technical one"
"for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"

principles from which other truths can be derived
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basic principle

basics

bedrock

fundamental principle

fundamentals

sample sentences

"first you must learn the fundamentals"
"let's get down to basics"

(stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy
<noun.act>

fundamental analysis

fundamentals analysis

furnished with funds
<adj.all>

funded

sample sentences

"well-funded research"

the act of financing
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financing

funding

financial resources provided to make some project possible
<noun.possession>

backing

financial backing

financial support

funding

support

sample sentences

"the foundation provided support for the experiment"

raise money for a cause or project
<verb.possession>

fund raise

fund-raise

fundraise

sample sentences

"We are fundraising for AIDS research"

a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money
<noun.event>

fundraiser

someone who solicits financial contributions
<noun.person>

fundraiser

assets in the form of money
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cash in hand

finances

funds

monetary resource

pecuniary resource

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
<noun.body>

fundus

sample sentences

"the uterine fundus"
"the fundus of the stomach"

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
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funeral

obsequy

sample sentences

"hundreds of people attended his funeral"

a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

funeral chapel

funeral church

funeral home

funeral parlor

funeral parlour

funeral-residence

a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
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funeral chapel

funeral church

funeral home

funeral parlor

funeral parlour

funeral-residence

one whose business is the management of funerals
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

funeral director

funeral undertaker

mortician

undertaker

a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
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funeral chapel

funeral church

funeral home

funeral parlor

funeral parlour

funeral-residence

a slow march to be played for funeral processions
<noun.communication>

dead march

funeral march