Meaning of Principles | Babel Free

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1. With regard to the basics: an idea that is acceptable in principle.
2. According to or because of principle.
3. one's own personal rules or standards of behaviour. It is against my principles to borrow money. beginsels مَبادئ، مُعْتَقَدات принципи princípios zásady das Prinzip princip (ηθικές) αρχές principios põhimõtted اعتقادات periaatteet principes עֵקרוֹנוֹת प्राचार्य elvek prinsip lífsreglur, prinsipp principi 主義 신조 principai, įsitikinimai principi; uzskati pendirian principes leveregler, prinsipper zasady اعتقادونه princípios principii принципы, нормы zásady načela načelo principer ข้อปฏิบัติ ilk...
4. in general, as opposed to in detail. in beginsel مِن حَيْثُ المَبْدأ по принцип em princípio v podstatě im Prinzip i princippet κατά κανόνα, γενικάen principio põhimõtteliselt اصولاً periaatteessa en principeעקרונית मुख्य विचार के संबंध में általában, elvben pada umumnya í grundvallaratriðum in linea di principio, in teoria 原則として 원칙적으로는 iš esmės principā; kopumā pd prinsipnya in beginseli prinsippet, prinsipielt ogólnie rzecz biorąc اصولاً em princípio în principiu в принципе v podstate v nač...
5. because of one's principles. I never borrow money, on principle. uit beginsel مَبدَئيا، بِسَبَب المَبدأ заради принципите си por princípio ze zásady aus Prinzip af princip; af principielle grunde για λόγους αρχής por principio põhimõtteliselt بخاطر اصول اخلاقی periaatteesta par principe מִתוֹך עִקָרוֹן सिद्धान्तत: elvből karena prinsip samkvæmt grundvallarreglu per principio 主義として 원칙에 따라 iš principo principa pēc krn pendirian principieelav prinsipp z zasady د اخلاقى اصولو په خاطر por princípi...
6. A basic truth, law, or assumption: the principles of democracy.
7. A rule or standard, especially of good behavior: a man of principle.
8. A fixed or predetermined policy or mode of action.
9. A basic or essential quality or element determining intrinsic nature or characteristic behavior: the principle of self-preservation.
10. A rule or law concerning the functioning of natural phenomena or mechanical processes: the principle of jet propulsion.

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