fundas

Meanings

1. 1nounusually pluralinformalIndian

   The basic ideas, principles or key facts about a subject that someone needs to understand.

   Grammar: Often used with clear or know: she knows her fundas, but not 'a fundas'.

   Patterns

   • clear your fundas
   • know the fundas of something

   Before the exam, he asked a senior to clear his fundas in physics.

   She knows the fundas of cooking better than anyone.

   Get your fundas right before you start coding.

2. 2nounusually pluralinformalhumorous

   A person's own personal view, theory or style of doing something, often one they keep repeating.

   Grammar: Often preceded by a possessive: his fundas about life.

   Patterns

   • someone's fundas about something

   Stop giving us your fundas about saving money.

   My uncle has strange fundas about health.

   I do not follow his fundas on dating.

Word forms

Common combinations

clear the fundas

The tutor cleared my fundas on algebra.

strong fundas

She has strong fundas in math.

know the fundas

You need to know the fundas before you start.

basic fundas

Learn the basic fundas of accounting first.

fundas of life

He loves explaining his fundas of life.

Synonyms and how they differ

basics

Basics is neutral and works in any setting, whereas fundas is casual slang.

fundamentals

Fundamentals is the formal word that fundas comes from, and fits essays and reports better.

concepts

Concepts are specific ideas to understand, but fundas also covers the general groundwork of a subject.

philosophy

Philosophy sounds serious, while fundas about life is playful and often teasing.

Opposites

Word family

funda noun

singular form, a basic principle or idea

fundamental adjective

basic and very important

fundamentals noun

the basic principles of a subject

fundamentally adverb

in a basic or central way

Commonly confused: fundas or funds?

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