Hyphenation of principal
How to hyphenate principal
Because it is a word with a single syllable, principal is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
- Syllables Count
- 1
- Characters Count
- 9
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 9
- Hyphens Count
- 0
Definitions of principal
principal is defined as:
Definition 1 as noun
- nounThe money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.
Example: A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest.
- nounThe chief administrator of a school.
- nounThe chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college.
- nounA legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts.
Example: My principal sells metal shims.
- nounThe primary participant in a crime.
- nounA partner or owner of a business.
- nounA diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ.
- nounThe construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
- nounThe first two long feathers of a hawk's wing.
- nounOne of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.
- nounAn essential point or rule; a principle.
- nounA dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
- nounA security principal.
Definition 1 as adjective
- adjectivePrimary; most important; first level in importance.
Example: Smith is the principal architect of this design.
- adjective(Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely.
Words nearby principal
- princesses
- princesslike
- princessly
- princeton
- princewood
- princicipia
- princified
- princify
- (principal)
- principalities
- principality
- principality's
- principally
- principalness
- principals
- principalship
- principate
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What is hyphenation
Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.
Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.