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principal

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Synonyms: principial, principle, principate, principia, principe, principals, principen, principato, prinival, coprincipal, principale

Antonyms: principial, principle, principate, principia, principe, principals, principen, principato, prinival, coprincipal, principale

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

  1. Primary; most important; first level in importance.
  2. {{lb|en|obsolete|[[Latinism]]}} Of or relating to a [[prince]]; [[princely]].
  3. {{lb|en|mathematics}} Chosen or assumed among a branch of possible values of a multi-valued [[function]] so that the function is single-valued.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|finance}} {{lb|en|finance|uncountable}} The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
  2. {{senseid|en|school}} {{lb|en|North America|Australia|New Zealand|Philippines}} The chief [[administrator]] of a [[school]].
  3. {{lb|en|UK|Canada}} The [[chief executive]] and chief [[academic]] [[officer]] of a [[university]] or [[college]].
  4. {{lb|en|law}} A legal person that authorizes another (the [[agent]]) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an [[agent]] or [[gestor]] in a ''[[negotiorum gestio]]'' acts.
  5. {{senseid|en|primary perpetrator}} {{lb|en|law}} The primary [[participant]] in a [[crime]].
  6. Either [[party]] in a [[duel]].
  7. {{senseid|en|partner or owner}}{{lb|en|North America}} A [[partner]] or owner of a business.
  8. {{lb|en|music}} A type of [[stop]] on a [[pipe organ]] consisting of flue pipes with a bright tonal quality. They are also sometimes referred to as a [[diapason]].
  9. {{lb|en|architecture|engineering}} The [[construction]] that gives shape and strength to a [[roof]], generally a [[truss]] of [[timber]] or [[iron]]; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of [[framing]].
  10. The first two long [[feather]]s of a [[hawk]]'s [[wing]].
  11. One of the [[turret]]s or [[pinnacle]]s of [[waxwork]] and [[taper]]s with which the posts and centre of a [[funeral]] [[hearse]] were formerly crowned<ref>'''1845''', ''Oxford Glossary of Architecture''</ref>
  12. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An essential [[point]] or [[rule]]; a [[principle]].

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