[
US
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/
]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsɪpəl/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsɪpəl/ ]
NOUN
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
- the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
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the educator who has executive authority for a school
she sent unruly pupils to see the principal - (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
- capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
ADJECTIVE
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most important element
policemen were primary targets
the chief aim of living
the principal example
the master bedroom
a master switch
the main doors were of solid glass
the principal rivers of America
How To Use principal In A Sentence
- The lymphatic vessels of the tongue may be divided into four groups: (1) apical, from the tip of the tongue to the suprahyoid glands and principal gland of the tongue; (2) lateral, from the margin of the tonguesome of these pierce the Mylohyoideus to end in the submaxillary glands, others pass down on the Hyoglossus to the superior deep cervical glands; (3) basal, from the region of the vallate papillæ to the superior deep cervical glands; and (4) median, a few of which perforate the Mylohyoideus to reach the submaxillary glands, while the majority turn around the posterior border of the muscle to enter the superior deep cervical glands. VIII. The Lymphatic System. 3. The Lymphatics of the Head, Face, and Neck
- The principals of the local schools could be counted on for a couple of fresh scrubbed altar boys in charge of polished crucifix, candlesticks and dangerously toxic swinging thuribles.
- Four principal types of source pertain to the subject: literature, works of graphic or plastic art, archaeological remains, and notated pieces of music.
- This is the principal faultline in today's cabinet. Times, Sunday Times
- In his relations with his commercial agent a principal must act dutifully and in good faith.
- The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
- I think it's a dangerous thing to have that schmoozy Washington relationship between reporters and principals, because that's when news doesn't get reported.
- I would show up unannounced, watch Jaime teach calculus, chat with Principal Henry Gradillas, check in with other Advanced Placement classes and in the early afternoon call my editor in Washington to say I was chasing down the latest medfly outbreak story, or whatever seemed believable at the time. Unlike many, Escalante believed in teaching, not sorting
- Boschi, who trained with Passignano in the late 1580s, is known today principally to specialists, but he enjoyed a considerable degree of popularity in the early seicento.
- Success was to be defined as the exfiltration of Bin Ladin out of Afghanistan.28 A meeting of principals was scheduled for May 29 to decide whether the operation should go ahead. Think Progress » Report: Saddam and Al Qaeda Enemies, Not Collaborators