Word: Principal
How to pronounce: ˈprɪnsɪp(ə)l
Adjective
Definitions:
1. First in order of importance; main.
Example sentences: "The country's principal cities"
2. (of money) denoting an original sum invested or lent.
Example sentences: "The principal amount of your investment"
Noun
Definitions:
1. The person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group.
Example sentences: "A design consultancy whose principal is based in San Francisco"
2. A sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid.
Example sentences: "The winners are paid from the interest without even touching the principal"
3. A person for whom another acts as an agent or representative.
Example sentences: "Stockbrokers in Tokyo act as agents rather than as principals"
4. The person directly responsible for a crime.
Example sentences: "Complicity often involves the accomplice in words or deeds prior to the principal's crime."
5. A main rafter supporting purlins.
Example sentences: "The truss principal extends from below the plate to the ridge."
6. An organ stop sounding a main register of open flue pipes typically an octave above the diapason.
Example sentences: "All the principals are on one manual"
Synonyms:
director
head
diretor
trustor
settlor
grantor
client
main
fundamental
primary
central
main thing
cardinal
capital
dominant
paramount
foremost
great
major
chief
key
big
master
high
of principle
on principle
headmaster
school principal
headmistress
leading
prime
premier
underlying
primal
predominant
overriding
greatest
top
supreme
lead
rector
dean
Derivations:
principle
principality
Principe
principally
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Spanish: Principal
German: Principal
French: Principal
Italian: Principale
Turkish: Müdür
