English to English
noun
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
Their principles of composition characterized all their works.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
A man of principle.
He will not violate his principles.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a basic truth or law or assumption
The principles of democracy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
The principle of the conservation of mass.
The principle of jet propulsion.
The right-hand rule for inductive fields.
source: WordNet 3.0
- rule of personal conduct
source: WordNet 3.0
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
The rationale for capital punishment.
The principles of internal-combustion engines.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Beginning; commencement.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [prínsipl] Simulâ; símulain; pinagmulán; pinagbuhatan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
