Principle (IPA: /ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/)
| Principle (n.) |
Beginning; commencement. |
| Principle (n.) |
A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause. |
| Principle (n.) |
An original faculty or endowment. |
| Principle (n.) |
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. |
| Principle (n.) |
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. |
| Principle (n.) |
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. |
| Principle (v. t.) |
To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill. |
| Principle |
Guiding rule or inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature |
| Principle |
Discovery, statement or rule being the foundation for other considerations, statements or activites |
| Principle |
Painting by Sándor Molnár |
| Principle Synonyms |
Precept |
| Principle Synonyms |
Rationale |
| Principle Synonyms |
Rule |
| Principle Synonyms |
Rule |
Principle Rhymes
Principal, Principle |
Subprincipal |
| Spanish Translation |
Principle in Spanish is Principio |
| Tagalog Translation |
Principle in Tagalog is Panuntunan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) ". . .the principle that where there is fear, there will be wrong figures. . . ." - W. Edwards Deming |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A fundamental yet often overlooked principle of successful project management is that you can't do it alone." - Project management |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " All human activities are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure." - Jean-Paul Sartre |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " All religions are incorporated in the principle of Truth, Simplicity and Love." - Love |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help." - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel |
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