principal in English

adjective

1

first in order of importance; main.

the country's principal cities

synonyms: main, chief, primary, leading, foremost, first, first-line, most important, predominant, dominant, (most) prominent, key, crucial, vital, essential, basic, prime, central, focal, premier, paramount, major, overriding, cardinal, preeminent, uppermost, highest, top, topmost, number-one

2

(of money) denoting an original sum invested or lent.

the principal amount of your investment

noun

1

the person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group.

a design consultancy whose principal is based in San Francisco

synonyms: chief, chief executive (officer), CEO, president, chairman, chairwoman, director, managing director, manager, head, boss

2

a sum of money lent or invested on which interest is paid.

the winners are paid from the interest without even touching the principal

synonyms: capital (sum), debt, loan

3

a person for whom another acts as an agent or representative.

stockbrokers in Tokyo act as agents rather than as principals

4

a main rafter supporting purlins.

The truss principal extends from below the plate to the ridge.

5

an organ stop sounding a main register of open flue pipes typically an octave above the diapason.

The plein jeu together with the 8-ft. principal and 4-ft. prestant, which are also from the old great organ, produce a principal chorus which contrasts remarkably with those in the other divisions of the organ.

adjective

main, chief, primary, leading, foremost, first, first-line, most important, predominant, dominant, (most) prominent, key, crucial, vital, essential, basic, prime, central, focal, premier, paramount, major, overriding, cardinal, preeminent, uppermost, highest, top, topmost, number-one
master, chief, primary, main

noun

chief, headmaster, leading actor/actress, capital (sum), star, corpus, dealer, school principal
chief, chief executive (officer), CEO, president, chairman, chairwoman, director, managing director, manager, head, boss
headmaster, headmistress, dean, rector, chancellor, president, provost
leading actor/actress, leading player/performer/dancer, leading role, lead, star
capital (sum), debt, loan
star, lead
corpus, principal sum
dealer
school principal, head, head teacher

Use "principal" in a sentence

1. Principal!

2. Principal Curtailment reduces the principal balance on the loan

3. Vice principal.

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5. Vice Principal Grimes.

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8. Is it enough to get refs from the principal and vice-principal?

9. Articulations of the body, principal: The principal Articulations (joints) of the human body

10. If the derivative Asylee spouse of a principal Asylee and the principal Asylee are divorced before the principal Asylee adjusts status, the former spouse is ineligible to adjust through the principal Asylee

11. Much to her surprise, the principal and the vice-principal started to laugh.

12. Amount (principal) declared irrecoverable

13. PRINCIPAL, Charterhouse SCHOOL, Richmond

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26. It is with the principal.

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28. Rachel Charlton, Assistant Principal at Aldrin, to her new role as Acting Principal at Dogwood Elementary School

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30. How dare he fool the principal!

31. Castries, the principal town of St

32. Part II addresses our principal concerns.

33. It's when the principal called us.

34. The judge examined the principal witness.

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37. But Vice Principal, that isn't it.

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43. Archenemy (plural archenemies) A principal enemy

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45. That's what the Vice Principal said.

46. Our Group has four principal parts.

47. The principal literature comes from zoology.

48. Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum.

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