principle
noun/ˈprɪnsəpl/
Слово англійською: principle
Переклад principle українською: при́нцип, заса́да, у при́нципі
Детальний опис
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a moral rule or a strong belief that influences your actions
- He has high moral principles.
- Stick to your principles and tell him you won't do it.
- against your principles I refuse to lie about it; it's against my principles.
- on principle He doesn't invest in the arms industry on principle.
- She refuses to allow her family to help her as a matter of principle.
Homophones principal | principleprincipal principle/ˈprɪnsəpl/- principal adjective
- They were joined on stage by their principal conductor.
- principal noun
- The college is excited to announce the appointment of a new principal.
- principle noun
- I'm opposed to the death penalty on principle.
- The same principles apply to both humans and animals.
- an important legal principle
- ‘You learn general principles from studying particular things,’ he asserts.
- principle of something the basic principles of car maintenance
- There are three fundamental principles of teamwork.
- to learn the basic/general principles of something
- the principles of justice/law
- principle of doing something the principles and practice of writing reports
- principle for something draft principles for the management of shared natural resources
- principle for doing something a document setting out principles for resolving the dispute
- principle behind something The principle behind it is very simple.
- Discussing all these details will get us nowhere; we must get back to first principles (= the most basic rules).
- The court derived a set of principles from this general rule.
- The welfare of the child is the guiding principle of the family courts.
- They were accused of violating the principles of democracy.
- The principle of equality is enshrined in the Constitution.
- principle that… the application of the principle that men and women should receive equal pay for equal work
- The UN declaration sought to establish the principle that everyone is entitled to the same basic rights
- the principle that free education should be available for all children
- in accordance with a principle Ethical behaviour entails acting in accordance with established principles of right and wrong
- O'Sullivan was among the first chemists to apply scientific principles to brewing beer.
- principle that… the principle that heat rises
- in principle A tidal current turbine is similar in principle to a windmill.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin principium ‘source’, principia (plural) ‘foundations’, from princeps, princip- ‘first, chief’.
Idioms
in principle
- if something can be done in principle, there is no good reason why it should not be done although it has not yet been done and there may be some difficulties
- In principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be able to do one day.
- in general but not in detail
- They have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the terms.
- I agree with you in principle, but we'll need to discuss the details.