noun
Meaning 1
Foundation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fundament
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
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Australian: /ˈfan.də.mənt/
noun
Meaning 2
The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
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noun
Meaning 4
lowest support of a structure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foundation, base, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support
Narrower terms: bed, raft foundation
noun
Meaning 5
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
noun
Meaning 6
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: basis, base, foundation, groundwork, cornerstone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assumption, supposition, supposal
Narrower terms: meat and potatoes
History
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: fundamento — foundation
- Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 (jīchǔ) — underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system
- Finnish: perusteet — underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system
- Russian: фунда́мент (fundáment) — underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system
- Turkish: temel — underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system
- Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system