Principle

['prɪnsɪp(ə)l] or ['prɪnsəpl]

Definition

(noun.) a basic truth or law or assumption; 'the principles of democracy'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a rule or standard especially of good behavior; 'a man of principle'; 'he will not violate his principles'.

(noun.) rule of personal conduct.

Inputed by Ezra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Beginning; commencement.

(n.) A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.

(n.) An original faculty or endowment.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

Editor: Maynard

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Origin, source, cause, spring, mainspring, fountain, groundwork, prime mover, fountain-head.[2]. Element, substratum, fundamental or primordial substance.[3]. Postulate, axiom, law, elementary proposition, fundamental truth.[4]. Doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, maxim, rule.[5]. Ground, motive, reason.[6]. Integrity, uprightness, rectitude, probity, honesty, virtue, righteousness, incorruptibility, goodness, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, honor.

Editor: Rosalie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Source, origin, motive, cause, energy, substance, element, power, faculty,truth, tenet, law, doctrine, axiom, maxim, postulate, rule

ANT:Exhibition, manifestation, application, development, issue, exercise,operation, formation, action

Checker: Stan

Definition

n. a fundamental truth on which others are founded or from which they spring: a law or doctrine from which others are derived: an original faculty of the mind: a settled rule of action: (chem.) a constituent part: (obs.) a beginning.—v.t. to establish in principles: to impress with a doctrine.—adj. Prin′cipled holding certain principles.—Principle of contradiction the logical principle that a thing cannot both be and not be; Principle of excluded middle (logic) the principle that a thing must be either one thing or its contradictory; Principle of sufficient reason (see Reason).—First principle a very general principle not deducible from others.

Checked by Gerald

Examples

Typist: Owen

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