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Meaning of first principles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The set of basic statements on which a method, theory, or organisation is founded.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“The rules and regulations don't answer the question. First principles are required.”

“Mountainhead plays out less like a drama between four tenuously connected, very rich friends, and more like a random word generator of tech and finance bro jargon – decel (deceleration, as in AI), p(doom) (the probability of an AI apocalypse), first principles.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

first quarter first rain first rate first reader first reading first receiver