English to English
principle
('pr/I/ns/@/p/@/l
)
noun (n)
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct(noun.cognition)Example:
Their principles of composition characterized all their works.
source: wordnet30 - a rule or standard especially of good behavior(noun.cognition)Example:
A man of principle.
He will not violate his principles.
source: wordnet30 - a basic truth or law or assumption(noun.cognition)Example:
The principles of democracy.
source: wordnet30 - a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system(noun.cognition)Example:
The principle of the conservation of mass.
The principle of jet propulsion.
source: wordnet30 - (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)(noun.cognition)Example:
The principles of internal-combustion engines.
source: wordnet30 - Beginning; commencement.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.(verb)source: webster1913
Advertisement
