Used in a Sentence

principals

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for principals.

Editorial note

Such philosophical principals of atheism were dealt with thousands of years ago in philosophical debates between Hindus and Buddhists.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A main character or lead actor.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of principals gathered in one view.

noun

A main character or lead actor.

noun

The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

noun

One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for principals.

noun

A main character or lead actor.

noun

The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.

noun

One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned

noun

A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.

Example sentences

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Such philosophical principals of atheism were dealt with thousands of years ago in philosophical debates between Hindus and Buddhists.

2

Maybe it's simply just not right anymore to assume that if it's a private organisation that they're exempt from societal/governmental principals.

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People in general are ignorant of basic economic principals which leads to quotes like the one spouted off by your girlfriend.

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Three quotes in this story so far, two from the story's principals, one from an extremely well-known person in the industry.

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Mill saw freedom of speech as a path to the truth, and he also understood that principals and rules change over time.

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People should act based on their principals, even if you aren't guaranteed success.

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But I was also imprecise and I sometimes forget that the principals of these stories are on HN, too.

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Reddit's community is based on certain fundamental principals and, once they start to be violated, it's not like you can't start your own 'country'.

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This is mostly beyond dispute, except for the presumption that the Reddit mob actually did oust her, which all the principals in the story deny.

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Mozilla has hired 3 of the principals from Humanized.

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From what's been said publicly by principals in the story, we know that Ohanian had taken the AMA section into his personal portfolio.

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Artificial scarcity, planned obsolescence and utter waste of resources both human and planetary could be solved if you combined tech like self-building machines, advanced recycling and permaculture principals.

Quote examples

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Possibly the principals of "think for yourself", "relative and perspective", "freedom of association" are antithetical to these kind tight knit groups.

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..." "The principals in this escapade have not denied what they did, but have sought to dismiss it by saying that it is normal practice among scientists.

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Just to clarify: in this case I meant "principals", as in the people most responsible for OpenBSD development, not "principles", as in the ideals driving the project.

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(And at first I may have been too young to even grasp some abstractions anyway.) That can be a good learning experience because I learned a lot from "first principals" so-to-speak, but it also means that for many many years my programming skills were not well-directed and the process was extremely inefficient.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use principals in a sentence?

Such philosophical principals of atheism were dealt with thousands of years ago in philosophical debates between Hindus and Buddhists.

What does principals mean?

A main character or lead actor.

What part of speech is principals?

principals is commonly used as noun.