Definition
Meaning of 'principle'
Meaning of 'principle' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Principle 
[ n.]
- Beginning; commencement. [ n.]- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- An original faculty or endowment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
2. 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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'principle' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. principle [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
Example in sentence:
- a man of principle;
- he will not violate his principles
Meaning (2):
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
Example in sentence:
- the principle of jet propulsion;
- the principle of the conservation of mass;
- the right-hand rule for inductive fields
Meaning (3):
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- a basic truth or law or assumption
Example in sentence:
- the principles of democracy
Meaning (4):
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
Example in sentence:
- the principles of internal-combustion engines;
- the rationale for capital punishment
Meaning (5):
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
Example in sentence:
- their principles of composition characterized all their works
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