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principal |
Grep of noun principal principal principal axis principal diagonal principal investigator principal sum principality principality of andorra principality of liechtenstein principality of monaco principalship school principal Overview of noun principal The noun principal has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) principal -- (the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated) 2. (2) principal, school principal, head teacher, head -- (the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal") 3. (1) star, principal, lead -- (an actor who plays a principal role) 4. principal, corpus, principal sum -- (capital as contrasted with the income derived from it) 5. principal, dealer -- (the major party to a financial transaction; buys and sells for his own account) Overview of adj principal The adj principal has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (19) chief, main, primary, principal -- (most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets") Antonyms of adj principal 1 sense of principal Sense 1 chief(postnominal), main(postnominal), primary(postnominal), principal(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Similarity of adj principal 1 sense of principal Sense 1 chief(postnominal), main(postnominal), primary(postnominal), principal(postnominal) => important (vs. unimportant), of import Attributes of adj principal Familiarity of adj principal principal used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj principal principal Overview of noun principal The noun principal has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) principal -- (the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated) 2. (2) principal, school principal, head teacher, head -- (the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal") 3. (1) star, principal, lead -- (an actor who plays a principal role) 4. principal, corpus, principal sum -- (capital as contrasted with the income derived from it) 5. principal, dealer -- (the major party to a financial transaction; buys and sells for his own account) Overview of adj principal The adj principal has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (19) chief, main, primary, principal -- (most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets")
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