principal
prin
ˈprÉĒn
prin
ci
sə
sē
pal
pəl
pēl
/ˈprÉĒnsÉĒpəl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "principal"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ

having the highest importance or influence
principal definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The principal function of the liver is to detoxify the body and metabolize nutrients.
āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻšāϞ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāϟāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻžāχāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻž

the main or leading performer in a play, movie, or other performance
principal definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was cast as the principal in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϰ⧋āĻŽāĻŋāĻ“ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜ⧁āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§‚āϞāϧāύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ

the original amount of money invested, borrowed, or loaned, not including interest or earnings
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She invested $10,000, and the principal grew over time with interest.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ $10,000 āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϧāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

the person in charge of running a school
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She met with the principal to discuss her child's academic progress and behavior.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀, āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀

a person who is actively involved in carrying out a crime
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Both the principal and the accomplice were arrested for their roles in the burglary.
āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āωāĻ­āϝāĻŧāχ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĒā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•, āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ

the highest-ranking leader of a university or college, overseeing both academic programs and the overall management of the institution
Dialectbritish flagBritish
deanamerican flagAmerican
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the ceremony, the principal awarded degrees to the graduating class.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ• āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ

a person who authorizes another to act on their behalf in legal or business matters
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the agreement, the principal was responsible for all decisions made by the agent.
āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšā§€āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāϝ⧋āĻĻā§āϧāĻž

one of the two main participants directly involved in a duel
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each principal in the duel was allowed to choose their own weapon.
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ

the top leader or key figure in an organization or group, often the one who holds the most authority or influence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He became the principal of the research team after years of groundbreaking work.
āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ

a type of organ stop made of flue pipes that produce a clear, bright, and foundational sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The principal pipes are essential for creating the organ's classic, resonant sound.
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ…āύ⧁āϰāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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