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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

high-principled  [ˌhaɪˈprɪnsɪpəld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Principled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-PRINCIPLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-principled in the English dictionary

The definition of high-principled in the dictionary is possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIGH-PRINCIPLED


coupled
ˈkʌpəld
crippled
ˈkrɪpəld
crumpled
ˈkrʌmpəld
cupelled
ˈkjuːpəld
opaled
ˈəʊpəld
pimpled
ˈpɪmpəld
principled
ˈprɪnsɪpəld
rumpled
ˈrʌmpəld
steepled
ˈstiːpəld
uncrippled
ʌnˈkrɪpəld
underpeopled
ˌʌndəˈpiːpəld
unexampled
ˌʌnɪɡˈzɑːmpəld
unprincipled
ʌnˈprɪnsɪpəld
unrumpled
ʌnˈrʌmpəld
unsampled
ʌnˈsɑːmpəld
unscrupled
ʌnˈskruːpəld
untrampled
ʌnˈtræmpəld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-PRINCIPLED

high-mindedness
high-muck-a-muck
high-necked
high-octane
high-pass filter
high-performance
high-pitched
high-powered
high-pressure
high-priced
high-profile
high-protein
high-ranking
high-resolution
high-rise
high-risk
high-rolling
high-scoring
high-sided vehicle
high-sounding

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-PRINCIPLED

air-cooled
called
controlled
dappled
detailed
dimpled
direct coupled
entitled
failed
filled
handled
installed
interpled
led
pled
scheduled
sealed
skilled
templed
untitled

Synonyms and antonyms of high-principled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-principled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-PRINCIPLED

Find out the translation of high-principled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-principled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-principled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高原则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- alta de principios
570 millions of speakers

English

high-principled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च सैद्धांतिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية المبدئي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принципиален
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alta de princípios
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্মানাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haut de principe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berprinsip tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hochprinzipien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高原則
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 원칙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-prinsip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao nguyên tắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் கொள்கைரீதியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च तत्त्वनिष्ठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek ilkeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alta di principio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiej zasadniczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

принциповий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mare principial
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής αρχών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë beginselvaste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög principiell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høy prinsipiell
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-principled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-PRINCIPLED»

The term «high-principled» is used very little and occupies the 172.833 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-PRINCIPLED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-principled

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-PRINCIPLED»

Discover the use of high-principled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-principled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Heritage of Eve
And, then, being high-principled gives little more hold on the sympathies. High- principled people may be popular, but it is in no case because they are high- principled. Besides the revolt which takes place in the feelings with hearing Aristides ...
H. H. Spettigue, 1898
2
London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
betrayers of their brethren, while their opponents were to be lauded to the skies as the "virtuous and high-principled" Fellows of the Corporation. Those among the Licentiates to whom the career of the Lancet is as well known as it is to us, will ...
‎1841
3
A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and ...
He was a Rhodes scholar and a very high-principled boy. I believe he would be very loyal and would not disclose any classified material.”71 Donovan's true beliefs about Duncan's guilt or innocence remain a mystery. Richard Dunlop, a ...
Mark A. Bradley, 2014
4
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art
this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman ? — rather, as Adam calls him, " a selfish, light-minded scoundrel." Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
‎1861
5
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature
this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman ? — rather, as Adam calls him, " a selfish, light-minded scoundrel." Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
‎1861
6
Oregon Voter: Magazine of Citizenship--for Busy Men and Women
H. H. Haynes, the well-known baker, is a man of fin* intelligence, great energy and strong initiative; affable and easy to work with, but high-principled and uncompromising on principle; sound in fundamentals but an independent thinker of ...
‎1922
7
The London Quarterly and Holborn Review
... Mr. Tyerman goes on to say that " Wesley was far too noble and too high- principled to seek admission into the Christian ministry " merely as a livelihood. Surely, if he were improvident, extravagant, inconsiderate of his father's circumstances, ...
‎1872
8
The Calcutta Review
We only say, that a high-principled London journal has brought this charge against its cotcmporaries. We add to this, that another high-principled London journal (perhaps, all things considered, the most respectable journal in England)  ...
‎1846
9
The London Review
Is this a kind, generous, high-principled gentleman? — rather, as Adam calls him, ' a selfish, light-minded scoundrel.' Our author moralizes on the woful deterioration of two months, and on the slavery exercised over us by our own deeds ; but a ...
William Lonsdale Watkinson, John Telford, William Theophilus Davison, 1861
10
Calcutta Review
We only say, that a high-principled London journal has brought this charge against its cotemporaries. We add to this, that another high-principled London journal (perhaps, all things considered, the most respectable journal in England)  ...
‎1846

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-PRINCIPLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-principled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nellie McClung: Women aren't what they used to be, and never …
... of master to a number of assistants during the hours of business to unbend before them at his own fireside, but a high-principled woman may, ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
2
Lokayukta Could Have Maintained Dignity
This ruling by the Karnataka High Court is welcome as the charges and a less than high-principled response from Justice Bhaskar Rao were ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Governing accountability
This is ensured by taking high-principled business decisions, handling business that has a firm engagement with codes and conducts, while ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
4
Roadway to a better world
It's a tool available to the leadership of all countries, a means of exerting leverage to further high-principled goals, a means of setting the tone of ... «Royal Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Maya Plisetskaya: Ballerina whose charisma and talent helped her …
Her mother Rakhil was a film actress (as Ra Messerer) before marrying her father, ME Plisetsky, an engineer and high-principled Communist ... «The Independent, May 15»
6
New book looks at the remarkable career of Harold Stassen
He was that rare combination of high-principled idealist and feet-on-the-ground pragmatist. MP: What kind of man was he like, outside of ... «MinnPost, Apr 15»
7
London winces at the vengeful mansion tax; outside they smirk
... Lane, Finchley — a small, votive shrine to the sainted Maggie's particular brand of small-minded, high-principled, rigorous pinny pragmatism. «The Sunday Times, Apr 15»
8
Daredevil episodes 1-6 review: Mature, no-frills vigilante thriller
... while Vondie Curtis Hall is excellent as downtrodden but high-principled journalist Ben Urich and Rosario Dawson no less impressive as ... «Digital Spy UK, Apr 15»
9
West Edge Opera's Concert Version of Donizetti's POLIUTO
Likewise, whereas Corneille's play was a high-principled tragedy written in the neo-classical style of the age of Louis XIV, Donizetti's opera was ... «Berkeley Daily Planet, Apr 15»
10
Review: See How Small by Scott Blackwood portrays America in the …
In this, perhaps, she seeks a kind of redemption from the example of her father, who is "high-principled but cruel. A gifted journalist who abused ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. High-Principled [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/high-principled>. Apr 2024 ».
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