fundamental purpose

collocation in English

meaningsoffundamentalandpurpose

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fundamental
adjective
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/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition offundamentalandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is thefundamentalpurposewhich lies behind this change.
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This goes rank counter to thefundamentalpurposeof the community legal service.
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Thefundamentalpurposeof procedural rules is to ensure that those who are not entitled to benefit are not likely to receive benefit.
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That is the centralfundamentalpurpose, and all these others are subsidiary interests that should be second after that.
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Thefundamentalpurposeof our reforms is the same.
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Thefundamentalpurposeis to make the distinction that we have agreed needs to be made.
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We must consider that criticism in the light of thefundamentalpurposeof the assessment process.
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Thus, thefundamentalpurposeof the welfare state would be met—of providing assistance to those who really need it.
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To extend the relief to investment by way of loan capital would, therefore, defeat thefundamentalpurposeof the scheme.
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Thefundamentalpurposeof the courts is to do justice between the parties.
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Is not thefundamentalpurposeof our being here to represent our constituents, not to stand up and be windbags?
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I do not believe we have differed in ourfundamentalpurpose, but we have come to alternative conclusions.
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There are certain transitional arrangements to be made clear, but that is thefundamentalpurposein the long run.
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Nothing should interfere with their being able to fulfil theirfundamentalpurpose.
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We should remember that thefundamentalpurposeof charities is to help those who are not well off.
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It will take the centres out of youth education, which is theirfundamentalpurpose.
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That might serve as an analogy for thefundamentalpurposeof a citizen volunteer reserve in this country.
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I believe that its morefundamentalpurposeis to list the actions and activities that society finds so abhorrent that the perpetrators deserve punishment.
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That is thefundamentalpurposeof all these inquiries, in order to achieve public safety at sea or in the air.
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Where is the mention of thefundamentalpurposeof scientific research in the medical field of genetic and congenital disease?
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