Principal
noun
The person in charge of a school.
The school principal will give the commencement speech.
Often appears as...
- principal's office
- school principal
adj
Most important.
The principal reason for his success is his talent and hard work.
Often appears as...
- principal cause
- principal component
noun
The original sum of money borrowed or invested, before any interest.
The principal of the loan was $20,000.
Often appears as...
- loan principal
- principal amount
noun
The person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group.
She is the principal of the firm.
Often appears as...
- firm principal
- business principal
noun
A person who commits a crime.
He was the principal in the bank robbery.
Often appears as...
- principal offender
- principal in crime
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noun
The person in charge of a school.
The school principal will give the commencement speech.
Often appears as...
- principal's office
- school principal
adj
Most important.
The principal reason for his success is his talent and hard work.
Often appears as...
- principal cause
- principal component
noun
The original sum of money borrowed or invested, before any interest.
The principal of the loan was $20,000.
Often appears as...
- loan principal
- principal amount
noun
The person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group.
She is the principal of the firm.
Often appears as...
- firm principal
- business principal
noun
A person who commits a crime.
He was the principal in the bank robbery.
Often appears as...
- principal offender
- principal in crime
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Educational Leader
Used when referring to the top official in a school setting.
I'll schedule a meeting with the principal to discuss the school policies.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Figure
Implies a position of power and responsibility over students and staff.
The principal enforced the new dress code strictly.
Pro Tip 1/2Educational Leader
Used when referring to the top official in a school setting.
I'll schedule a meeting with the principal to discuss the school policies.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Figure
Implies a position of power and responsibility over students and staff.
The principal enforced the new dress code strictly.
Pro Tip 1/2Educational Leader
Used when referring to the top official in a school setting.
I'll schedule a meeting with the principal to discuss the school policies.
Pro Tip 2/2Authority Figure
Implies a position of power and responsibility over students and staff.
The principal enforced the new dress code strictly.
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
told how good they are the data isn't gathered in the teachers contract it will limit the number of times the principal can come into the classroom sometimes two once per year and they need advance notice to do that so imagine running a factory we've got these workers some of them just making
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We must reignite dream...
our high school principal censured our newspaper now by this time I was already into college and like all of my friends and so the game of high school was kind of over and so we looked at each other and we said are we gonna do something about this we said we've got to we've
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A walk through the...
deep non-REM sleep will help consolidate memories and fixate them into the neural architecture of the brain. So that's non-REM sleep. But let's come on to REM sleep, which is the other main type of sleep. And it's during REM sleep when we principally have the most vivid,
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It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
blamed for all manner of destruction and disease the truth is that while batches dig holes where people don't want them and damage crops in pursuit of a meal they're shy and avoid human contact while the latest scientific research reveals that they're not the principal
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
Well, in a normal school, teachers aren't told how good they are. The data isn't gathered. In the teacher's contract, it will limit the number of times the principal can come into the classroom -- sometimes to once per year. And they need advanced notice to do that.
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How to Raise Successful...
and principal and coach and referee and act like our kid's concierge and personal handler and secretary. And then with our kids, our precious kids, we spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be,
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Did Shakespeare write...
But, this is only a single characteristic in a very high-dimensional space. With a clustering tool called Principal Component Analysis, we can reduce the multidimensional space into simple principal components
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Amy Toensing: The...
I was in a community where the principal had to go around every morning, door-to-door, and round the kids up. Otherwise she said no one would attend. And the teacher cried herself to sleep almost every night,
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How books can open your...
I even wrote to the school principal and the host of a radio show. But no adults liked the idea. No adults believed I was serious. Only my friends supported me, but they were kids, just as powerless as I was.
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The best kindergarten...
If you are a parent, you know that kids love to keep making circles. This is how the rooftop looks. And why did we design this? The principal of this kindergarten said,
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
told how good they are the data isn't gathered in the teachers contract it will limit the number of times the principal can come into the classroom sometimes two once per year and they need advance notice to do that so imagine running a factory we've got these workers some of them just making
Video examples
We must reignite dream...
our high school principal censured our newspaper now by this time I was already into college and like all of my friends and so the game of high school was kind of over and so we looked at each other and we said are we gonna do something about this we said we've got to we've
Video examples
A walk through the...
deep non-REM sleep will help consolidate memories and fixate them into the neural architecture of the brain. So that's non-REM sleep. But let's come on to REM sleep, which is the other main type of sleep. And it's during REM sleep when we principally have the most vivid,
Video examples
It's a Badger Brawl PIPE...
blamed for all manner of destruction and disease the truth is that while batches dig holes where people don't want them and damage crops in pursuit of a meal they're shy and avoid human contact while the latest scientific research reveals that they're not the principal
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
Well, in a normal school, teachers aren't told how good they are. The data isn't gathered. In the teacher's contract, it will limit the number of times the principal can come into the classroom -- sometimes to once per year. And they need advanced notice to do that.
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
and principal and coach and referee and act like our kid's concierge and personal handler and secretary. And then with our kids, our precious kids, we spend so much time nudging, cajoling, hinting, helping, haggling, nagging as the case may be,
Video examples
Did Shakespeare write...
But, this is only a single characteristic in a very high-dimensional space. With a clustering tool called Principal Component Analysis, we can reduce the multidimensional space into simple principal components
Video examples
Amy Toensing: The...
I was in a community where the principal had to go around every morning, door-to-door, and round the kids up. Otherwise she said no one would attend. And the teacher cried herself to sleep almost every night,
Video examples
How books can open your...
I even wrote to the school principal and the host of a radio show. But no adults liked the idea. No adults believed I was serious. Only my friends supported me, but they were kids, just as powerless as I was.
Video examples
The best kindergarten...
If you are a parent, you know that kids love to keep making circles. This is how the rooftop looks. And why did we design this? The principal of this kindergarten said,
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Rocco Buttiglione
American Politician
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.
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Janet Varney
American Actress
I have such sister compassion for women in uniform in life, principally, because now I know how incredibly uncomfortable those uniforms are on top of all the other things they're dealing with that are far more important.
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Julien Green
American Novelist
Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.
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Richard Ford
American Author
Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.
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Jack Scalia
American Actor
I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.
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Arlen Specter
American Politician
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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Robert C. Solomon
American Educator
The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.
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Walter Savage Landor
English Poet
We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
Quote examples
Rocco Buttiglione
American Politician
I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you're mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society.
Quote examples
Janet Varney
American Actress
I have such sister compassion for women in uniform in life, principally, because now I know how incredibly uncomfortable those uniforms are on top of all the other things they're dealing with that are far more important.
Quote examples
Julien Green
American Novelist
Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.
Quote examples
Richard Ford
American Author
Literature has as one of its principal allures that it tells you something about life that life itself can't tell you. I just thought literature is a thing that human beings do.
Quote examples
Jack Scalia
American Actor
I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
Quote examples
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian Novelist
I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.
Quote examples
Arlen Specter
American Politician
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
Quote examples
Samuel Butler
British Poet
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Quote examples
Robert C. Solomon
American Educator
The dollar is currently the principal reserve currency in the world.
Quote examples
Walter Savage Landor
English Poet
We talk on principal, but act on motivation.
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