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principal
[prin-suh-puhl]
adjective
first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
The principal problem is a lack of money.
She's the principal advisor on the council.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Antonyms: ,of, of the nature of, or constituting principal or capital.
Though our portfolio has seen losses, the principal investment remains untouched.
Geometry.(of an axis of a conic) passing through the foci.
noun
a chief or head.
Synonyms:the head or director of a school or, especially in England, a college.
Synonyms: , ,a person who takes a leading part in any activity, as a play; chief actor or doer.
the first player of a division of instruments in an orchestra (excepting the leader of the first violins).
something of principal or chief importance.
Law.
a person who authorizes someone else, such as an agent, to represent them.
a person directly responsible for a crime, either as an actual perpetrator or as an abettor present at its commission.
a person primarily liable for an obligation, in contrast with an endorser, or the like.
the main body of an estate, or the like, as distinguished from income.
Finance.a capital sum, as distinguished from interest or profit.
Music.
an organ stop.
the subject of a fugue.
(in a framed structure) a member, as a truss, upon which adjacent or similar members depend for support or reinforcement.
each of the combatants in a duel, as distinguished from the seconds.
principal
/ ˈɪԲɪə /
adjective
first in importance, rank, value, etc; chief
denoting or relating to capital or property as opposed to interest, etc
noun
a person who is first in importance or directs some event, action, organization, etc
(in Britain) a civil servant of an executive grade who is in charge of a section
law
a person who engages another to act as his agent
an active participant in a crime
the person primarily liable to fulfil an obligation
the head of a school or other educational institution
(in Scottish schools) a head of department
finance
capital or property, as contrasted with the income derived from it
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
a main roof truss or rafter
music
the chief instrumentalist in a section of the orchestra
one of the singers in an opera company
either of two types of open diapason organ stops, one of four-foot length and pitch and the other of eight-foot length and pitch
the leading performer in a play
principal
The original amount of money lent, not including profits and interest.
Confusables Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- principalship noun
- underprincipal noun
- ˈԳ貹 noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of principal1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of principal1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror. We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon," the statement added.
It also just doesn't have any principal basis in the law.
It was in this spirit that team principal Andrea Stella took the situation.
There is no doubt that there are township schools, led by visionary principals and hard-working teachers, that have done wonders despite the obstacles of poor infrastructure and large class sizes.
Scott, “The Pitt” is set in Pittsburgh and you did film exteriors there, but principal production happened on the Warner Bros. lot.
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