principles

Meaning of principles

noun
  1. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
    We need some sort of principles to reason from.
  2. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
    The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.
  3. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
    I don't doubt your principles.
  4. A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
    Bernoulli's Principle
  5. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
    Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.
  6. A beginning.
  7. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
  8. An original faculty or endowment.

verb

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.

Information about principles

  • The singular form of principles is: principle.
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Hyphenation of principles

prin-ci-ples

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • principles is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

principles synonyms

Meaning :

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