"in principle" meaning in All languages combined

See in principle on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-us-in principle.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in principle, {{en-PP}} in principle
  1. With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars. Translations (with regard to fundamentals): in beginsel (Dutch), periaatteessa (Finnish), პრინციპში (ṗrinciṗši) (Georgian), im Prinzip (German), prinzipiell (German), κατ' αρχήν (kat' archín) (Greek), pada dasarnya (Malay), в при́нципе (v príncipe) (Russian), ann am prionnsabal (Scottish Gaelic), v princípe (Slovak), en principio (Spanish), i princip (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_principle-en-prep_phrase-lNncrXd5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hedges, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English hedges: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'with regard to fundamentals': 98 2
  2. According to theory. Translations (according to theory): en principi (Catalan), 理論上 (Chinese Mandarin), 理论上 (lǐlùn shàng) (Chinese Mandarin), periaatteessa (Finnish), en principe (French), en théorie (French), elvileg (Hungarian), elvben (Hungarian), elviekben (Hungarian), elméletben (Hungarian), elméletileg (Hungarian), in linea di principio (Italian), 理論上 (rironjō) (alt: りろんじょう) (Japanese), в при́нципе (v príncipe) (Russian), теорети́чески (teoretíčeski) (Russian), ann am prionnsabal (Scottish Gaelic), en principio (Spanish), en teoría (Spanish), i princip (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-in_principle-en-prep_phrase-ZkYIfRS~ Disambiguation of 'according to theory': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: on principle

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for in principle meaning in All languages combined (5.4kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "in principle",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in principle",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "on principle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English hedges",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars."
      ],
      "id": "en-in_principle-en-prep_phrase-lNncrXd5",
      "links": [
        [
          "fundamental",
          "fundamental"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "in beginsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "periaatteessa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗrinciṗši",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "პრინციპში"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "im Prinzip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "prinzipiell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kat' archín",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "κατ' αρχήν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "pada dasarnya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v príncipe",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "в при́нципе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "ann am prionnsabal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "v princípe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "en principio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
          "word": "i princip"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "According to theory."
      ],
      "id": "en-in_principle-en-prep_phrase-ZkYIfRS~",
      "links": [
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "en principi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "理論上"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐlùn shàng",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "理论上"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "periaatteessa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "en principe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "en théorie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "elvileg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "elvben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "elviekben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "elméletben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "elméletileg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "in linea di principio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "alt": "りろんじょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rironjō",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "理論上"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v príncipe",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "в при́нципе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "teoretíčeski",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "теорети́чески"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "ann am prionnsabal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "en principio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "en teoría"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "according to theory",
          "word": "i princip"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-in principle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-in_principle.ogg/En-us-in_principle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-in_principle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mid-Atlantic"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Mid-Atlantic)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in principle"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English hedges",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "in principle",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in principle",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "on principle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fundamental",
          "fundamental"
        ],
        [
          "particular",
          "particular"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "According to theory."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theory",
          "theory"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-in principle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/En-us-in_principle.ogg/En-us-in_principle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-in_principle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mid-Atlantic"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Mid-Atlantic)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "in beginsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "periaatteessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗrinciṗši",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "პრინციპში"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "im Prinzip"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "prinzipiell"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kat' archín",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "κατ' αρχήν"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "pada dasarnya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v príncipe",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "в при́нципе"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "ann am prionnsabal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "v princípe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "en principio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with regard to fundamentals",
      "word": "i princip"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "en principi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "理論上"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐlùn shàng",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "理论上"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "periaatteessa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "en principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "en théorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "elvileg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "elvben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "elviekben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "elméletben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "elméletileg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "in linea di principio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りろんじょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rironjō",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "理論上"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v príncipe",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "в при́нципе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teoretíčeski",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "теорети́чески"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "ann am prionnsabal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "en principio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "en teoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "according to theory",
      "word": "i princip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in principle"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.