"principle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/, /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ Audio: en-us-principle.ogg [US] Forms: principles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”); see also prince. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|principle}} Middle English principle, {{der|en|fro|principe}} Old French principe, {{der|en|la|prīncipium||beginning, foundation}} Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), {{m|la|prīnceps||first}} prīnceps (“first”), {{surf|la|prīmus|-ceps|nocat=1|t1=first|t2=catcher}} By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-||before}} Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), {{m|en|prince}} prince Head templates: {{en-noun}} principle (plural principles)
  1. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief. Synonyms: premise Translations (fundamental assumption): parim [masculine] (Albanian), مَبْدَأ (mabdaʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), قاعِدَة (qāʕida) [feminine] (Arabic), սկզբունք (skzbunkʿ) (Armenian), սկզբնապատճառ (skzbnapatčaṙ) (Armenian), principiu [masculine] (Asturian), prinsip (Azerbaijani), пры́нцып (prýncyp) [masculine] (Belarusian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), နိယာမ (ni.yama.) (Burmese), principi [masculine] (Catalan), 原理 (yuánlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 原則 (Chinese Mandarin), 原则 (yuánzé) (Chinese Mandarin), zásada [feminine] (Czech), princip [masculine] (Czech), princip [neuter] (Danish), principe [neuter] (Dutch), beginsel [neuter] (Dutch), principo (Esperanto), põhimõte (Estonian), printsiip (Estonian), perusoletus (Finnish), peruste (Finnish), prinsiippi (Finnish), principe [masculine] (French), პრინციპი (ṗrinciṗi) (Georgian), Grundsatz [masculine] (German), Prinzip [neuter] (German), αρχή (archí) [feminine] (Greek), עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) [masculine] (Hebrew), जड़सूत्र (jaṛsūtra) [masculine] (Hindi), असूल (asūl) (Hindi), क़ायदा (qāydā) [masculine] (Hindi), elv (Hungarian), lögmál [neuter] (Icelandic), prinsipp [neuter] (Icelandic), prinsip (Indonesian), principio [masculine] (Italian), 原理 (genri) (alt: げんり) (Japanese), 原則 (gensoku) (alt: げんそく) (Japanese), қағида (qağida) (Kazakh), қағидат (qağidat) (Kazakh), ұстаным (ūstanym) (Kazakh), គោលការណ៍ (kool kaa) (Khmer), មូលភាព (muulĕəʼphiəp) (Khmer), 원리 (wolli) (alt: 原理) (Korean), 원칙 (wonchik) (alt: 原則) (Korean), принцип (printsip) (Kyrgyz), ынаным (ınanım) (Kyrgyz), ຫລັກ (lak) (Lao), ກະທູ້ (ka thū) (Lao), ຫຼັກການ (lak kān) (Lao), institūtum [neuter] (Latin), princips [masculine] (Latvian), principas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Prinzip [masculine] (Luxembourgish), принцип (princip) [masculine] (Macedonian), prinsip (Malay), തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) (Malayalam), mātāpono (Maori), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), تمل (temel) (Ottoman Turkish), اَصل (asl) (Persian), قاعِدِه (qâ'ede) (Persian), zasada [feminine] (Polish), reguła [feminine] (Polish), princípio [masculine] (Portuguese), tiksi (Quechua), principiu [neuter] (Romanian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Russian), prionnsabal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), прѝнцӣп [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prìncīp [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zásada [feminine] (Slovak), princíp [masculine] (Slovak), princip [masculine] (Slovene), načelo [neuter] (Slovene), principio [masculine] (Spanish), princip [common-gender] (Swedish), simulain (Tagalog), принтсип (printsip) (Tajik), асос (asos) (Tajik), усул (usul) (Tajik), қоида (qoyida) (Tajik), หลัก (làk) (Thai), คติ (ká-dtì) (Thai), กฎ (gòt) (Thai), นโยบาย (ná-yoo-baai) (Thai), หลักการ (làk-gaan) (Thai), prensip (Turkish), ilke (Turkish), при́нцип (prýncyp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), قاعِدَہ (qā'idā) [masculine] (Urdu), prinsip (Uzbek), nguyên lí (alt: 原理) (Vietnamese), nguyên tắc (alt: 原則) (Vietnamese), egwyddor [feminine] (Welsh), פּרינציפּ (printsip) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-gagN8nWq Disambiguation of 'fundamental assumption': 38 1 6 8 16 19 10 1 0 1
  2. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem. Translations (rule to solve a problem): օրենք (ōrenkʿ) (Armenian), սկզբունք (skzbunkʿ) (Armenian), пра́вило (právilo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), principo (Esperanto), periaate (Finnish), principe [masculine] (French), Prinzip [neuter] (German), עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) [masculine] (Hebrew), regola [feminine] (Italian), 主義 (shugi) (alt: しゅぎ) (Japanese), 原則 (gensoku) (Japanese), принцип (prinsip) (Kazakh), қағидат (qağidat) (Kazakh), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zasada [feminine] (Polish), reguła [feminine] (Polish), princípio [masculine] (Portuguese), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Russian), prionnsabal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), načelo (Slovene), principio [masculine] (Spanish), princip [common-gender] (Swedish), simulain (Tagalog), при́нцип (prýncyp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), egwyddor [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-kP9R5-wz Disambiguation of 'rule to solve a problem': 4 44 16 13 5 6 5 1 3 4
  3. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect. Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: tenet Translations (moral rule or aspect): սկզբունք (skzbunkʿ) (Armenian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Bulgarian), principi [masculine] (Catalan), بیرو باوەر (bîru bawer) (Central Kurdish), 原則 (Chinese Mandarin), 原则 (yuánzé) (Chinese Mandarin), zásada [feminine] (Czech), principe [neuter] (Dutch), principo (Esperanto), põhimõte (Estonian), periaate (Finnish), prinsiippi (Finnish), principe [masculine] (French), Prinzip [neuter] (German), עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) [masculine] (Hebrew), prinsipp [neuter] (Icelandic), principio (Italian), valore (Italian), 主義 (shugi) (alt: しゅぎ) [general] (Japanese), 信念 (shinnen) (alt: しんねん) (Japanese), 行動指針 (kōdō shishin) (note: for an organization) (alt: こうどうししん) (Japanese), қағидат (qağidat) (Kazakh), തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) (Malayalam), mātāpono (Maori), comaundement (Middle English), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zasada [feminine] (Polish), princípio [masculine] (Portuguese), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Russian), उपदेश (upadeśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), prionnsabal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), načelo [neuter] (Slovene), principio [masculine] (Spanish), princip [common-gender] (Swedish), simulain (Tagalog), ilke (Turkish), prensip (Turkish), при́нцип (prýncyp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), egwyddor [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-S0tecGmX Disambiguation of Directives: 6 2 17 19 20 20 5 2 2 2 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 18 20 13 19 8 2 1 4 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 3 15 15 18 20 9 3 1 2 5 Disambiguation of 'moral rule or aspect': 2 4 78 6 3 3 3 0 1 1
  4. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied. Categories (topical): Physics, Directives Translations (rule of nature): սկզբունք (skzbunkʿ) (Armenian), princip [masculine] (Czech), principo (Esperanto), luonnonlaki (Finnish), principe [masculine] (French), Naturgesetz [neuter] (German), עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) [masculine] (Hebrew), principio (Italian), 原理 (genri) (alt: げんり) (Japanese), 원리 (wolli) (alt: 原理) (Korean), തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) (Malayalam), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), prinsipp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قاعده (kaʿide) (Ottoman Turkish), prawo [neuter] (Polish), zasada [feminine] (Polish), princípio [masculine] (Portuguese), prionnsabal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), principio [masculine] (Spanish), simulain (Tagalog), ilke (Turkish), kanun (Turkish), зако́н (zakón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-97XTT~xG Disambiguation of Directives: 6 2 17 19 20 20 5 2 2 2 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 18 20 13 19 8 2 1 4 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 3 15 15 18 20 9 3 1 2 5 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'rule of nature': 0 17 13 48 10 10 3 0 0 0
  5. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality. Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-sGywCi6M Disambiguation of Directives: 6 2 17 19 20 20 5 2 2 2 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 18 20 13 19 8 2 1 4 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 3 15 15 18 20 9 3 1 2 5
  6. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
    A chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco).
    Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-rsxiG7H7 Disambiguation of Directives: 6 2 17 19 20 20 5 2 2 2 5 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 18 20 13 19 8 2 1 4 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 3 15 15 18 20 9 3 1 2 5
  7. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-gKMrU7kh
  8. An original faculty or endowment.
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-eUTjy57Y
  9. Misspelling of principal. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: principal
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-iwmus6ad
  10. (obsolete) A beginning. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-principle-en-noun-6OuHwyAv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prince, principal, principality
Derived forms: acceleration principle, agreement in principle, Anna Karenina principle, anthropic principle, Archimedes' principle, arm's length principle, aufbau principle, BANANA principle, Bernoulli's principle, Bridlington principle, Cavalieri's principle, Chicago principles, composite reuse principle, cooperative principle, Copernican principle, Copernican time principle, correspondence principle, cosmological principle, Courant minimax principle, day-year principle, dependency inversion principle, desert principle, Dilbert principle, Dirichlet's box principle, Dirichlet's drawer principle, dormitive principle, equivalence principle, extractive principle, Fermat's principle, Fick principle, first principle, first principles, four-eye principle, Goldilocks principle, Haldane principle, handicap principle, Hardy-Weinberg principle, harm principle, Heisenberg principle, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Hollywood principle, holographic principle, Huygens-Fresnel principle, Huygens' principle, IBM Pollyanna Principle, indeterminacy principle, in principle, interface segregation principle, Kerckhoffs's principle, KISS principle, Landauer's principle, Le Chatelier's principle, Le Châtelier's principle, life/dinner principle, life-dinner principle, Liskov substitution principle, Lotus principle, Mach's principle, matter of principle, Matthew principle, MAYA principle, mediocrity principle, metaprinciple, Micawber principle, Mitchell principle, nonaggression principle, non-aggression principle, Novikov self-consistency principle, on principle, open/closed principle, open-closed principle, Pareto principle, parsimony principle, Pauli exclusion principle, Peter Parker principle, Peter principle, pigeonhole principle, Planck's principle, pleasure principle, polluter pays principle, precautionary principle, principled, principle of charity, principle of contradiction, principle of excluded middle, principle of explosion, principle of indifference, principle of insufficient reason, principle of least action, principle of least astonishment, principle of least knowledge, principle of least surprise, principle of legality, principle of parsimony, principle of Pseudo-Scotus, principle of relativity, principle of substitutivity, principle of sufficient reason, principle of verifiability, principle of verification, proximate principle, Q-principle, reality principle, rebus principle, reciprocity principle, Ritz's combination principle, Robbins principle, R-principle, Rydberg-Ritz combination principle, Sandford principle, Scheimpflug principle, sector principle, Shirky principle, single responsibility principle, Smurfette principle, Spider-Man principle, strong equivalence principle, superposition principle, uncertainty principle, verifiability principle, verification principle, vicious circle principle

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/, /ˈpɹɪnsəpəl/ Audio: en-us-principle.ogg [US] Forms: principles [present, singular, third-person], participle principling [present], principled [participle, past], principled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”); see also prince. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|principle}} Middle English principle, {{der|en|fro|principe}} Old French principe, {{der|en|la|prīncipium||beginning, foundation}} Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), {{m|la|prīnceps||first}} prīnceps (“first”), {{surf|la|prīmus|-ceps|nocat=1|t1=first|t2=catcher}} By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*preh₂-||before}} Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), {{m|en|prince}} prince Head templates: {{en-verb}} principle (third-person singular simple present principles, present participle principling, simple past and past participle principled)
  1. (transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-principle-en-verb--E9s3gvw

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      "word": "acceleration principle"
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      "word": "agreement in principle"
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      "word": "Anna Karenina principle"
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      "word": "aufbau principle"
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      "word": "BANANA principle"
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      "word": "Bernoulli's principle"
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      "word": "Bridlington principle"
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      "word": "Chicago principles"
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      "word": "composite reuse principle"
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      "word": "cooperative principle"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Copernican principle"
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      "word": "Copernican time principle"
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      "word": "correspondence principle"
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      "word": "cosmological principle"
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      "word": "Courant minimax principle"
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      "word": "day-year principle"
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      "word": "desert principle"
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      "word": "Dilbert principle"
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      "word": "Dirichlet's box principle"
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      "word": "dormitive principle"
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      "word": "equivalence principle"
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      "word": "extractive principle"
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      "word": "Fermat's principle"
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      "word": "Fick principle"
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      "word": "first principle"
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      "word": "handicap principle"
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      "word": "Hardy-Weinberg principle"
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      "word": "harm principle"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Heisenberg principle"
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      "word": "Heisenberg uncertainty principle"
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      "word": "Hollywood principle"
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      "word": "holographic principle"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Huygens-Fresnel principle"
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      "word": "Huygens' principle"
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      "word": "IBM Pollyanna Principle"
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      "word": "indeterminacy principle"
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      "word": "in principle"
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      "word": "interface segregation principle"
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      "word": "Kerckhoffs's principle"
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      "word": "KISS principle"
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      "word": "Landauer's principle"
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      "word": "Le Chatelier's principle"
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      "word": "Le Châtelier's principle"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "life/dinner principle"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "life-dinner principle"
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      "word": "Liskov substitution principle"
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      "word": "Lotus principle"
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      "word": "Mach's principle"
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      "word": "matter of principle"
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      "word": "Matthew principle"
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    {
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      "word": "MAYA principle"
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      "word": "mediocrity principle"
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    {
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      "word": "metaprinciple"
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      "word": "Micawber principle"
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      "word": "Mitchell principle"
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      "word": "nonaggression principle"
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      "word": "non-aggression principle"
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      "word": "Novikov self-consistency principle"
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      "word": "on principle"
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      "word": "open/closed principle"
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      "word": "open-closed principle"
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    {
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      "word": "Pareto principle"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "parsimony principle"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Pauli exclusion principle"
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    {
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      "word": "Peter Parker principle"
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    {
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      "word": "Peter principle"
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          "text": "Let us consider ‘my dog is asleep on the floor’ again. Frege thinks that this sentence can be analyzed in various different ways. Instead of treating it as expressing the application of __ is asleep on the floor to my dog, we can think of it as expressing the application of the concept\nmy dog is asleep on __\nto the object\nthe floor\n(see Frege 1919). Frege recognizes what is now a commonplace in the logical analysis of natural language. We can attribute more than one logical form to a single sentence. Let us call this the principle of multiple analyses. Frege does not claim that the principle always holds, but as we shall see, modern type theory does claim this.",
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        {
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      "word": "anthropic principle"
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    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "printsiip"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "perusoletus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "peruste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "prinsiippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗrinciṗi",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "პრინციპი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grundsatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prinzip"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archí",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikarón",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עִקָּרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jaṛsūtra",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जड़सूत्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "asūl",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "असूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "qāydā",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क़ायदा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "elv"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lögmál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinsipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "prinsip"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genri",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "原理"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんそく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gensoku",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "原則"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qağida",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "қағида"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qağidat",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "қағидат"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūstanym",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ұстаным"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kool kaa",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "គោលការណ៍"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "muulĕəʼphiəp",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "មូលភាព"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原理",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wolli",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "원리"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原則",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wonchik",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "원칙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "printsip",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "принцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ınanım",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ынаным"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lak",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ຫລັກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka thū",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ກະທູ້"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lak kān",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ຫຼັກການ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "institūtum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princips"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prinzip"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "princip",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "принцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "prinsip"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tattvaṁ",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "തത്ത്വം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "mātāpono"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinsipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "temel",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "تمل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "asl",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "اَصل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qâ'ede",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "قاعِدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zasada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reguła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princípio"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "tiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "principiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "príncip",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prionnsabal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прѝнцӣп"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prìncīp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zásada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princíp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princip"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "načelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "princip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "simulain"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "printsip",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "принтсип"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "asos",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "асос"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "usul",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "усул"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qoyida",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "қоида"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "làk",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "หลัก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-dtì",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "คติ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gòt",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "กฎ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ná-yoo-baai",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "นโยบาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "làk-gaan",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "หลักการ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "prensip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "ilke"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prýncyp",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qā'idā",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قاعِدَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "prinsip"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原理",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "nguyên lí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "原則",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "word": "nguyên tắc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egwyddor"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "printsip",
      "sense": "fundamental assumption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּרינציפּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōrenkʿ",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "օրենք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "skzbunkʿ",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "սկզբունք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "právilo",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́вило"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "principo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "periaate"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prinzip"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikarón",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עִקָּרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shugi",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gensoku",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "原則"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "prinsip",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "принцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qağidat",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "қағидат"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinsipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinsipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zasada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reguła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "princípio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "príncip",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prionnsabal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "načelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "princip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "word": "simulain"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prýncyp",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rule to solve a problem",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "egwyddor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "skzbunkʿ",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "սկզբունք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "príncip",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́нцип"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "原則"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánzé",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "原则"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zásada"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "principo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "põhimõte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "periaate"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "prinsiippi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "principe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prinzip"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikarón",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עִקָּרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prinsipp"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "principio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "moral rule or aspect",
      "word": "valore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅぎ",
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