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1. (n.) principle
an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct.
2. principle
a fundamental law, axiom, or doctrine:
the principles of physics.
3. principle
principles, a personal or specific basis of conduct or management:
to adhere to one's principles.
4. principle
a guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct:
a person of principle.
5. principle
a rule or law exemplified in natural phenomena, the operation of a machine, or the like:
the principle of capillary attraction.
6. principle
the method of formation, operation, or procedure exhibited in a given instance:
a family organized on the patriarchal principle.
7. principle
a determining characteristic of something; essential quality.
8. principle
an originating or actuating agency or force:
Growth is the principle of life.
9. principle
Chem. a constituent of a substance, esp. one giving to it some distinctive quality or effect.
10. principle
according to rules for right and moral conduct.
11. principle
according to habit or self-imposed regulations.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME, alter. of MF principe or L prīncipium)
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| Definition of 'Principle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) principle, rule
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
"their principles of composition characterized all their works"
2. (noun) principle
a rule or standard especially of good behavior
"a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
3. (noun) principle
a basic truth or law or assumption
"the principles of democracy"
4. (noun) principle, rule
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
"the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
5. (noun) principle, precept
rule of personal conduct
6. (noun) rationale, principle
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
"the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
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1. (noun) principle
a belief that sb thinks is important and right
He has very strict principles.; It's a matter of principle.; Eating meat is against her principles.
2. principle
on principle
because of what you believe to be right
He refused to go to the meeting on principle.
3. principle
a theory or rule about how sth happens or works
It works on the principle that the gas used is lighter than air.
4. principle
in principle
considering sth on the most basic level
In principle the plan seems like a reasonable option.
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| Definition of 'Principle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Principle
beginning; commencement
2. (noun) Principle
a source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause
3. (noun) Principle
an original faculty or endowment
4. (noun) Principle
a fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate
5. (noun) Principle
a settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle
6. (noun) Principle
any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc
7. (verb) Principle
to equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill
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| Definitions of 'Principle' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Principle
1. Bait.
2. A formula for doing a thing that, unformulated, would land the doer in jail. (Must not be confused with the word _principal_. Both words are used correctly in the following sentence: One may live one's life without principle, but not without principal. Or, again, Principle is sometimes principal; but principal has no principle. Or, The principal was never paid on principle.)
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Sense: a general truth, rule or law
the principle of gravity.
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 Afrikaans: beginsel |
 Arabic: قاعِدَه |
 Bulgarian: първопричина |
 Brazilian: princípio |
 Czech: princip, zákon |
 German: das Gesetz |
 Danish: princip; læresætning |
 Greek: αρχή, νόμος |
 Spanish: principio |
 Estonian: printsiip, seadus |
 Farsi: اصل |
 Finnish: periaate |
 French: principe |
 Hebrew: עִיקָרוֹן |
 Hindi: सिद्धान्त |
 Hungarian: (alap)elv |
 Indonesian: prinsip |
 Icelandic: grundvallaratriði; lögmál |
 Italian: principio |
 Japanese: 原理 |
 Korean: 원칙 |
 Lithuanian: dėsnis, principas |
 Latvian: princips; likums |
 Malay: prinsip |
 Dutch: beginsel |
 Norwegian: prinsipp, grunnsetning, l |
 Polish: prawo |
 Persian: اصل |
 Pashto: اصل |
 Portuguese: princípio |
 Romanian: principiu |
 Russian: закон |
 Slovak: princíp, zákon |
 Slovenian: načelo |
 Serbian: princip |
 Swedish: princip, grundsats, lag |
 Thai: กฎ |
 Turkish: kanun |
 Taiwanese: 原則 |
 Ukrainian: правило; закон |
 Urdu: اصول، قانون |
 Vietnamese: nguyên lý |
 Chinese: 原则 |
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