Principle

//ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl//

Synonyms for "principle" (219 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (66)

Noun(1 words)
effect

Related words (109)

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More general

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

3 entries

capable of

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derived

137 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

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Translations

188 translations across 69 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • parim noun (fundamental assumption)

Arabic

2 entries
  • قاعِدَة noun (fundamental assumption)
  • مَبْدَأ noun (fundamental assumption)

Armenian

4 entries
  • սկզբնապատճառ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • սկզբունք noun (fundamental assumption)
  • սկզբունք noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • սկզբունք noun (moral rule or aspect)

Asturian

1 entries
  • principiu noun (fundamental assumption)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • prinsip noun (fundamental assumption)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пры́нцып noun (fundamental assumption)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пра́вило noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • при́нцип noun (fundamental assumption)
  • при́нцип noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • при́нцип noun (rule of nature)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နိယာမ noun (fundamental assumption)

Catalan

2 entries
  • principi noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principi noun (moral rule or aspect)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • بیرو باوەر noun (moral rule or aspect)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 原則 /原则 noun (fundamental assumption)
  • 原則 /原则 noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • 原理 noun (fundamental assumption)

Czech

4 entries
  • princip noun (fundamental assumption)
  • princip noun (rule of nature)
  • zásada noun (fundamental assumption)
  • zásada noun (moral rule or aspect)

Danish

1 entries
  • princip noun (fundamental assumption)

Dutch

3 entries
  • beginsel noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principe noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principe noun (moral rule or aspect)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • principo noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principo noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • principo noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • principo noun (rule of nature)

Estonian

3 entries
  • printsiip noun (fundamental assumption)
  • põhimõte noun (fundamental assumption)
  • põhimõte noun (moral rule or aspect)

Finnish

4 entries
  • luonnonlaki noun (rule of nature)
  • periaate noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • periaate noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • perusoletus noun (fundamental assumption)

French

4 entries
  • principe noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principe noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • principe noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • principe noun (rule of nature)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პრინციპი noun (fundamental assumption)

German

4 entries
  • Grundsatz noun (fundamental assumption)
  • Naturgesetz noun (rule of nature)
  • Prinzip noun (fundamental assumption)
  • Prinzip noun (rule to solve a problem)

Greek

1 entries
  • αρχή noun (fundamental assumption)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • עִקָּרוֹן noun (fundamental assumption)
  • עִקָּרוֹן noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • עִקָּרוֹן noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • עִקָּרוֹן noun (rule of nature)

Hindi

3 entries
  • असूल noun (fundamental assumption)
  • क़ायदा noun (fundamental assumption)
  • जड़सूत्र noun (fundamental assumption)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elv noun (fundamental assumption)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • lögmál noun (fundamental assumption)
  • prinsipp noun (fundamental assumption)
  • prinsipp noun (moral rule or aspect)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • prinsip noun (fundamental assumption)

Italian

4 entries
  • principio noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principio noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • principio noun (rule of nature)
  • regola noun (rule to solve a problem)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 主義 noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • 主義 noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • 信念 noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • 原則 noun (fundamental assumption)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • принцип noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • қағида noun (fundamental assumption)
  • қағидат noun (fundamental assumption)
  • қағидат noun (rule to solve a problem)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គោលការណ៍ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • មូលភាព noun (fundamental assumption)

Korean

3 entries
  • 원리 noun (fundamental assumption)
  • 원리 noun (rule of nature)
  • 원칙 noun (fundamental assumption)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • принцип noun (fundamental assumption)
  • ынаным noun (fundamental assumption)

Lao

3 entries
  • ກະທູ້ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • ຫລັກ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • ຫຼັກການ noun (fundamental assumption)

Latin

1 entries
  • institūtum noun (fundamental assumption)

Latvian

1 entries
  • princips noun (fundamental assumption)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • principas noun (fundamental assumption)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Prinzip noun (fundamental assumption)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • принцип noun (fundamental assumption)

Malay

1 entries
  • prinsip noun (fundamental assumption)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • തത്ത്വം noun (fundamental assumption)
  • തത്ത്വം noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • തത്ത്വം noun (rule of nature)

Middle English

1 entries
  • comaundement noun (moral rule or aspect)

Māori

2 entries
  • mātāpono noun (fundamental assumption)
  • mātāpono noun (moral rule or aspect)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • prinsipp noun (fundamental assumption)
  • prinsipp noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • prinsipp noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • prinsipp noun (rule of nature)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • prinsipp noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • prinsipp noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • prinsipp noun (rule of nature)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • تمل noun (fundamental assumption)
  • قاعده noun (rule of nature)

Persian

2 entries
  • اَصل noun (fundamental assumption)
  • قاعِدِه noun (fundamental assumption)

Polish

4 entries
  • prawo noun (rule of nature)
  • reguła noun (fundamental assumption)
  • reguła noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • zasada noun (fundamental assumption)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • princípio noun (fundamental assumption)
  • princípio noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • princípio noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • princípio noun (rule of nature)

Quechua

1 entries
  • tiksi noun (fundamental assumption)

Romanian

1 entries
  • principiu noun (fundamental assumption)

Russian

3 entries
  • при́нцип noun (fundamental assumption)
  • при́нцип noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • при́нцип noun (moral rule or aspect)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • उपदेश noun (moral rule or aspect)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • prionnsabal noun (fundamental assumption)
  • prionnsabal noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • prionnsabal noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • prionnsabal noun (rule of nature)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • prìncīp noun (fundamental assumption)
  • прѝнцӣп noun (fundamental assumption)

Slovak

2 entries
  • princíp noun (fundamental assumption)
  • zásada noun (fundamental assumption)

Slovene

4 entries
  • načelo noun (fundamental assumption)
  • načelo noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • načelo noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • princip noun (fundamental assumption)

Spanish

4 entries
  • principio noun (fundamental assumption)
  • principio noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • principio noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • principio noun (rule of nature)

Swedish

3 entries
  • princip noun (fundamental assumption)
  • princip noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • princip noun (moral rule or aspect)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • simulain noun (fundamental assumption)
  • simulain noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • simulain noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • simulain noun (rule of nature)

Tajik

4 entries
  • асос noun (fundamental assumption)
  • принтсип noun (fundamental assumption)
  • усул noun (fundamental assumption)
  • қоида noun (fundamental assumption)

Thai

4 entries
  • กฎ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • คติ noun (fundamental assumption)
  • นโยบาย noun (fundamental assumption)
  • หลัก noun (fundamental assumption)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ilke noun (fundamental assumption)
  • ilke noun (moral rule or aspect)
  • ilke noun (rule of nature)
  • kanun noun (rule of nature)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • зако́н noun (rule of nature)
  • при́нцип noun (fundamental assumption)
  • при́нцип noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • при́нцип noun (moral rule or aspect)

Urdu

1 entries
  • قاعِدَہ noun (fundamental assumption)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • prinsip noun (fundamental assumption)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nguyên lí noun (fundamental assumption)
  • nguyên tắc noun (fundamental assumption)

Volapük

1 entries
  • prinsip noun (fundamental assumption)

Welsh

3 entries
  • egwyddor noun (fundamental assumption)
  • egwyddor noun (rule to solve a problem)
  • egwyddor noun (moral rule or aspect)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּרינציפּ noun (fundamental assumption)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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What is the principle reason for going to school?

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A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

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That doesn't accord with my principle.

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That is the principle problem next to education.

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