• Britannica Dictionary definition of PRINCIPAL. always used before a noun.
    • Vegetables are the principal ingredients in this soup.
    • My principal [=main] reason for moving is to have a shorter drive to work.
  • Ingilizce Türkçe: principal: s. baş, ana, başlıca, en önemli, belli başlı. i. 1. müdür, okul müdürü. ... Elektronik Sözlük: principal: ana, asal, başat.
  • Principal. 1. The highest position of authority at a school. School principals are at the top of the power positions inside these educational institutions.
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  • The adjective principal has the general sense “chief, first, foremost”: My principal objection is the cost of the project.
  • "Principal" and "principle" are easy to confuse because they sound identical (i.e., they are perfect homonyms). However, their meanings are very different.
  • (The person in charge of the school has to visit classrooms.) The principal looking at a broken table. She is a teacher, but wants to be the principal.
  • Additionally, a principal at a school is the foremost authority. This can help you remember that principal also means most important.
  • Principal, on the other hand, can be used as both a noun and an adjective. In both cases, it is used to designate something, or someone, of importance.