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ˈfʌn də məntfun·da·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstonenoun

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

    "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

  2. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assnoun

    the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

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

  3. foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructurenoun

    lowest support of a structure

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

Wiktionary

  1. fundamentnoun

    Foundation.

  2. fundamentnoun

    The bottom; the buttocks or anus.

  3. fundamentnoun

    The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.

  4. Etymology: from fundement, fondement, from fundamentum, from fundo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FUNDAMENTnoun

    The back part of the body.

    Etymology: fundamentum, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. fundament

    A fundament is an underlying basis or principle; foundation. In more literal contexts, it can mean the ground or base on which a structure is built. It can also be an old-fashioned term for the anus.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fundamentnoun

    foundation

  2. Fundamentnoun

    the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus

  3. Etymology: [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fundament in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fundament in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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