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basic principles

NOUN
introduction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
addition debut establishment inauguration influx initiation installation launch opening preface presentation
STRONG
admittance awakening baptism beginning commencement essentials exordium foreword hornbook inception induction ingress insertion institution interpolation intro lead lead-in overture preamble preliminaries prelude primer prolegomenon prologue survey
WEAK
basic text first acquaintance first taste opening remarks pioneering proem
Antonyms
STRONGEST
close closing conclusion end ending finish
STRONG
completion epilogue
NOUN
lead-in
Synonyms
STRONGEST
foreword
STRONG
addition admittance awakening baptism beginning commencement debut essentials establishment exordium inauguration inception induction influx ingress initiation insertion installation institution interpolation intro launch lead opening overture preamble preface preliminaries prelude presentation primer prolegomenon prologue survey
WEAK
basic text first acquaintance first taste opening remarks pioneering proem
Antonyms
STRONG
close closing completion conclusion end ending epilogue finish termination
NOUN
prolegomenon
Synonyms
STRONG
addition admittance awakening baptism beginning commencement debut essentials establishment exordium foreword inauguration inception induction influx ingress initiation insertion installation institution interpolation intro launch lead lead-in opening overture preamble preface preliminaries prelude presentation primer prologue survey
WEAK
basic text first acquaintance first taste opening remarks pioneering proem
Antonyms
STRONG
close closing completion conclusion end ending epilogue finish termination

Example Sentences

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“I think folks are catching on that it is time to go back to diversification and basic principles of investing,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

One of the basic principles of long-term investing is asset allocation: putting a predetermined amount of money into a particular holding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

While this result surprises some physicists, others see it as a natural outcome of one of the most basic principles of quantum mechanics known as unitarity.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

“His actions in this case ... show an abandonment of some of the most basic principles of fairness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

“All in favor of admitting first-term student Kvothe’s reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of the basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss