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principle
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principle
is on the Academic Word List.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈprɪnsɪpəl/
or
/ˈprɪnsəpəl/
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Hyphenation
: prin‧ci‧ple
Homophone
:
principal
Noun
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Singular
principle
Plural
principles
Principle
is on the
Academic Vocabulary List
.
(
countable
)
Principles
are
personal
rules
that tell you what is right and wrong.
It goes against my
principles
to
ignore
her.
One
principle
I follow is not to have regret.
(
countable
)
A
principle
is the
general
idea
that
explains
or
supports
something.
The basic
principle
of his chair is that the
knees
should be below the
hips
.
Police must not
accept
money because it could
affect
their
judgement
. The same
principle
applies if gifts, etc, are
offered
.
Related words
change
principled
unprincipled
theorem
law
rule