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principle
[ prin-suh-puhl ]
noun
- an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct:
a person of good moral principles.
- a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived:
the principles of modern physics.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a fundamental doctrine or tenet; a distinctive ruling opinion:
the principles of the Stoics.
- principles, a personal or specific basis of conduct or management:
to adhere to one's principles; a kindergarten run on modern principles.
- guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct:
a person of principle.
Synonyms: , , ,
- an adopted rule or method for application in action:
a working principle for general use.
- a rule or law exemplified in natural phenomena, the construction or operation of a machine, the working of a system, or the like:
the principle of capillary attraction.
- the method of formation, operation, or procedure exhibited in a given case:
a community organized on the patriarchal principle.
- a determining characteristic of something; essential quality.
- an originating or actuating agency or force:
growth is the principle of life.
- an actuating agency in the mind or character, as an instinct, faculty, or natural tendency:
the principles of human behavior.
- Chemistry. a constituent of a substance, especially one giving to it some distinctive quality or effect.
- Obsolete. beginning or commencement.
Principle
1/ 藞辫谤瑟苍蝉瑟辫蓹濒 /
noun
- Christian Science another word for God
principle
2/ 藞辫谤瑟苍蝉瑟辫蓹濒 /
noun
- a standard or rule of personal conduct
a man of principle
- often plural a set of such moral rules
he has no principles
he'd stoop to anything
- adherence to such a moral code; morality
torn between principle and expediency
it's not the money but the principle of the thing
- a fundamental or general truth or law
first principles
- the essence of something
the male principle
- a source or fundamental cause; origin
principle of life
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the behaviour of a system
the principle of the conservation of mass
- an underlying or guiding theory or belief
socialist principles
the hereditary principle
- chem a constituent of a substance that gives the substance its characteristics and behaviour
bitter principle
- in principlein theory or essence
- on principlebecause of or in demonstration of a principle
Usage
Confusables Note
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of principle1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of principle1
Idioms and Phrases
- in principle, in essence or substance; fundamentally:
to accept a plan in principle.
- on principle,
- according to personal rules for right conduct; as a matter of moral principle:
He refused on principle to agree to the terms of the treaty.
- according to a fixed rule, method, or practice:
He drank hot milk every night on principle.
More idioms and phrases containing principle
see in principle ; on principle .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The resource bargain is really the principle of the black box tuned into an active method of management.
On Tuesday, Zelensky said he was ready in principle to see Trump in Rome.
Formula 1 bosses have agreed in principle to a mechanism that would allow engine manufacturers facing a performance shortfall under next year's new rules to catch up.
"There is a very strong, profound ethical commitment to being non-violent within the climate movement so I think whatever it does will be based on those principles," he says.
Jersey's politicians backed the principle of legalising assisted dying in 2021.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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