What does Principal mean?
Definitions for Principal
ˈprɪn sə pəlPrin·ci·pal
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Principal.
Princeton's WordNet
principalnoun
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
principal, school principal, head teacher, headnoun
the educator who has executive authority for a school
"she sent unruly pupils to see the principal"
star, principal, leadnoun
an actor who plays a principal role
principal, corpus, principal sumnoun
capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
principalnoun
(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
principal, dealeradjective
the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective
most important element
"the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
Wiktionary
principalnoun
The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
The chief administrator of a school.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
One who directs another (the agent) to act on oneu2032s behalf.
When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the clientu2032s agent, to act on the clientu2032s behalf.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
The primary participant in a crime.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
A company represented by a salesperson.
My principal sells metal shims.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
A partner or owner of a business.
Etymology: From principalis.
principalnoun
A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
Etymology: From principalis.
principaladjective
Primary; most important.
Etymology: From principalis.
Webster Dictionary
Principaladjective
highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principaladjective
of or pertaining to a prince; princely
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
the chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
one who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
the construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
in English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a heirloom; a mortuary
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
the first two long feathers of a hawk's wing
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
one of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Principalnoun
a principal or essential point or rule; a principle
Etymology: [F., from L. principalis. See Prince.]
Freebase
Principal
A principal in computer security is an entity that can be authenticated by a computer system or network. It is referred to as a security principal in Java and Microsoft literature. Principals can be individual people, computers, services, computational entities such as processes and threads, or any group of such things. They need to be identified and authenticated before they can be assigned rights and privileges over resources in the network. A principal typically has an associated identifier that allows it to be referenced for identification or assignment of properties and permissions.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Principal
prin′si-pal, adj. taking the first place: highest in rank, character, or importance: chief.—n. a principal person or thing: a head, as of a school or college: one who takes a leading part: money on which interest is paid: (archit.) a main beam or timber: (law) the person who commits a crime, or one who aids and abets him in doing it: a person for whom another becomes surety, a person who, being sui juris, employs another to do an act which he is competent himself to do: (mus.) an organ-stop: (Shak.) the principal rafter.—n. Principal′ity, supreme power: the territory of a prince or the country which gives title to him: (B.) a prince: (obs.) a power: (pl.) an order of angels, the seventh in the hierarchy of Dionysius.—adv. Prin′cipally.—ns. Prin′cipalness, the state of being principal or chief; Prin′cipalship, position of a principal; Prin′cipate, primary: a principality, esp. the office of the ancient Roman emperors. [L. principalis.]
Editors Contribution
principal
A person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, training and expertise to manage, review and support an education facility, school or college and teachers or tutors where appropriate and their collective responsibilities and objectives.
The principal of the school was a true leader and managed a united team to deliver for the shared prosperity of everyone.
Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2020principal
An important element.
The principal element of the computer is the main memory which has a primary function within the computer.
Submitted by MaryC on April 1, 2020
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Rank popularity for the word 'Principal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2488
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Rank popularity for the word 'Principal' in Nouns Frequency: #2743
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Principal' in Adjectives Frequency: #337
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Principal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Principal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Principal in a Sentence
When we handed the children to their parents this evening, we learned two students are still with the kidnappers, and the principal and one teacher.
The principal driver of exports is China's oversupply. That's not likely to change in the near term because production is still well over demand.
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
The school didn't like the fact that he was making complaints, the school, the principal didn't like the fact that Yvonne Pinkston and Yvonne Pinkston grandparents were doing what they're supposed to do, and that is, hold the school accountable.
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Translations for Principal
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- مديرة, رئيسي, مديرArabic
- প্রধান শিক্ষকBengali
- hlavníCzech
- rektorDanish
- Schulvorsteher, Schulleiter, Schulleiterin, Schulvorsteherin, Schuldirektor, hauptsächlichGerman
- kapitalo, precipa, lernejestroEsperanto
- principal de escuela, jefe de estudios, principal, director, director de escuelaSpanish
- pää-, rehtori, pääasiallinenFinnish
- directeur, proviseur, directrice, proviseure, principalFrench
- ard-ven-ynsee, ard-ynseyder, ard-venainshtyr, bun-argid, ard-vainshtyr, ard-er-ynseeManx
- מְנַהֵל, מְנַהֶלֶתHebrew
- főHungarian
- principale, preside, capitaleItalian
- 校長, 主要な, 学校長Japanese
- atuarfiit pisortaat, atuarfiup pisortaaKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 校長, 원금, 학교 교장, 주요한, 교장Korean
- kapitalasLithuanian
- tumuaki, aporeiMāori
- schoolhoofd, voornaamste, rector, principaalDutch
- rektorNorwegian
- kapitał, podstawowy, głównyPolish
- principal, diretorPortuguese
- principal, directorRomanian
- [[основной, главный, директри́са, ре́ктор, дире́ктор, основной, [[основно́й]] [[долг]]Russian
- glávenSlovene
- kapitalbelopp, huvudsaklig, kapital, rektorSwedish
- หลักThai
- asılTurkish
- 校長, chủ yếu, chính, hiệu trưởngVietnamese
- 主要Chinese
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