An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
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Precept
//ˈpɹiːsɛpt//
Synonyms for "precept" (114 found)
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Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- наставление noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- предписание noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Catalan
1 entries- precepte noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 戒律 noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- 準則 /准则 noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Czech
4 entries- maxima noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- poučka noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- pravidlo noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- zásada noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Dutch
3 entries- gedragsregel noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- principe noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- regel noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Finnish
3 entries- ohje noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- ohjenuora noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- sääntö noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
French
1 entries- précepte noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Friulian
1 entries- precet noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Georgian
3 entries- მცნება noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- პრინციპი noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- წესი noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
German
4 entries- Gebot noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- Grundsatz noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- Maxime noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- Vorschrift noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Greek
2 entries- εντολή noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- κανόνας noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Hindi
2 entries- शील noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- शैली noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Hungarian
1 entries- előírás noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Italian
1 entries- precetto noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Latin
1 entries- praeceptum noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Occitan
1 entries- precèpte noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaschreft noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Portuguese
1 entries- preceito noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Romanian
1 entries- precept noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Russian
3 entries- за́поведь noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- заве́т noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- при́нцип noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Sanskrit
1 entries- उपदेश noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Spanish
2 entries- preceptiva noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- precepto noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Swedish
3 entries- föreskrift noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- regel noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- rättesnöre noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Tagalog
1 entries- sawikain noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Thai
1 entries- ศีล noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Turkish
3 entries- ta'lim noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- ta'lim buyurmak noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- ögreti noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chuẩn tắc noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
- giới luật noun (rule or principle governing personal conduct)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Example is better than precept.
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Example is the best precept.
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Precept guides, but example draws.
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