Principle
Meaning of Principle
noun
- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.
the basic principles of justice
- a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.
- a fundamental source or basis of something.
the first principle of all things was water
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin principium ‘source’, principia (plural) ‘foundations’, from princeps, princip- ‘first, chief’.
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Hyphenation of Principle
Prin-ci-ple
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- Principle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Principle synonyms
Meaning rule:
Meaning precept:
Meaning rationale:
Meaning a fact or belief that is accepted as true:
Meaning a statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion:
Meaning an abstract idea:
Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:
Meaning a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained:
Meaning a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief:
Meaning a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof:
Meaning the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process:
Meaning a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based:
Meaning the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character:
Meaning a thing that is absolutely necessary:
Meaning the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline:
Words that rhyme with Principle
Disciple, antiprinciple, condisciple, counterprinciple, disciple, exciple, manciple, participle, principle, unprinciple, diple, Niple, maniple, griple, triple, Siple, equimultiple, multiple, nonmultiple, submultiple, tiple, swiple
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