principled

English

Etymology

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English principle

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English principled

From principle + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/, /ˈpɹɪnsəpəld/

Adjective

principled (comparative more principled, superlative most principled)

1. Based on, having, or manifesting principles
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     Governors had need be well principled.

   While most of these efforts have focused on compressing the uplink, none of them provide a principled solution to compressing the downlink.

   1. strongly adhering to, or heedful of, guiding beliefs or moral rules

Antonyms

• unprincipled

Derived terms

• misprincipled
• nonprincipled
• principledly
• principledness

Translations

having principles

• Armenian: սկզբունքային (hy) (skzbunkʻayin)
• Bulgarian: принципен (bg) (principen)
• Finnish: periaatteellinen (fi), periaatteen-
• German: prinzipientreu, prinzipienfest
• Serbo-Croatian: начелан (načelan)
• Spanish: de principios (es)
• Swedish: principfast (sv)
• Ukrainian: принципо́вий (pryncypóvyj)
• Welsh: egwyddorol (cy)

Verb

principled

1. simple past and past participle of principle