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1 principe
c black principe [pʀɛ̃sip]masculine nouna. ( = règle) principle• il n'est pas dans mes principes de... it's against my principles to...► de principe [hostilité, objection, opposition, soutien] automaticc black b. ( = hypothèse) assumption• partir du principe que... to work on the assumption that...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Le mot anglais se termine par - ple.* * *pʀɛ̃sip
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nom masculin1) ( règle) principle2) ( hypothèse) assumption3) ( concept) principleles principes d'une science/d'un art — ( rudiments) the rudiments of a science/an art
4) Chimie principle
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en principe locution adverbiale1) ( habituellement) as a rule2) ( en théorie) in theory* * *pʀɛ̃sip nmpartir du principe que — to work on the principle that, to work on the assumption that
pour le principe — on principle, for the sake of it
en principe (= habituellement) — as a rule, (= théoriquement) in theory
Il déjeune en principe à midi et demi. — As a rule he has lunch at 12.30.
En principe Anne doit arriver lundi. — In theory, Anne should arrive on Monday.
* * *A nm1 ( règle) principle; avoir des principes to have principles; par principe on principle; pour le principe as a matter of principle; c'est une question de principe it's a matter of principle; objection de principe objection on the grounds of principle; principe de non-ingérence principle of noninterference; il a pour principe de ne jamais emprunter d'argent he never borrows money as a matter of principle; accord de principe provisional agreement;2 ( hypothèse) assumption; partir du principe que, poser comme principe que to work on the assumption that;3 ( concept) principle; ils ont accepté le principe d'une conférence de paix they have accepted the principle of a peace conference; quel est le principe de la machine à vapeur how does a steam engine work?, what's the principle behind the steam engine?; selon quel principe cette machine fonctionne-t-elle? on what principle does this machine work?; les principes d'une science/d'un art ( rudiments) the rudiments of a science/an art;4 Chimie, Pharm principle; les principes actifs contenus dans un médicament the active principles of a medicine;5 ( origine) principle; Dieu comme principe de toute chose God as the principle behind all things; remonter au principe des choses to go back to first principles.B en principe loc adv1 ( habituellement) as a rule; en principe je rentre chez moi vers 18 heures as a rule I get home at around six o'clock;2 ( en théorie) in theory; en principe on part vendredi in theory we're leaving on Friday.principe d'Archimède Phys Archimedes' principle; principe de causalité Philos causality; principe d'exclusion de Pauli Nucl, Phys Pauli exclusion principle; principe de plaisir Psych pleasure principle; principe de réalité Psych reality principle.[prɛ̃sip] nom masculinj'ai toujours eu pour principe d'agir honnêtement I have always made it a principle to act with honestyje pars du principe que... I start from the principle ou I assume that...posons comme principe que nous avons les crédits nécessaires let us assume that we get the necessary credits3. [notion - d'une science] principle4. [fonctionnement] principlele principe de la vente par correspondance, c'est... the (basic) principle of mail-order selling is...votre déclaration contredit le principe même de notre Constitution your statement goes against the very principle ou basis of our Constitution6. [origine] origin8. ÉCONOMIE [produit]————————de principe locution adjectivale[accord, approbation] provisional————————en principe locution adverbiale[d'habitude]en principe, nous descendons à l'hôtel we usually stop at a hotelpar principe locution adverbialepour le principe locution adverbialetu refuses de signer pour le principe ou pour des raisons personnelles? are you refusing to sign for reasons of principle or for personal reasons? -
2 stand
stand [stænd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp stood━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = position) position fc. (for displaying goods) étal m ; also newspaper stand kiosque m à journaux ; (at trade fair) stand md. ( = seating area) tribune fe. ( = witness stand) barre fa. ( = place) [+ object] mettreb. ( = tolerate) supporter• I can't stand it any longer (pain, criticism) je ne peux plus le supporter ; (boredom) j'en ai assezc. ( = withstand) résister àa. ( = be upright also stand up [person, animal] être debout• the project will stand or fall by... le succès du projet repose sur...• all stand! levez-vous s'il vous plaît !c. ( = stay) rester (debout)• don't just stand there, do something! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !d. ( = be positioned) [person] être, se tenir ; [object, vehicle, tree] être, se trouver ; [town, building] se trouver• he stood there ready to shoot il se tenait là, prêt à tirer• how do things stand? où en sont les choses ?► to stand + preposition• where do you stand on this question? quelle est votre position sur cette question ?e. ( = tread) marcher• where's that letter? -- you're standing on it où est la lettre ? -- tu marches dessusf. ( = measure) faireg. ( = be mounted, based) reposer• the record stood at four minutes for several years pendant plusieurs années le record a été de quatre minutes► to stand + past participle/adjectivei. ( = remain undisturbed, unchanged) [liquid, mixture, dough] reposer ; [tea, coffee] infuserj. (British = be candidate) se présenter4. compounds► stand about, stand around intransitive verb• don't stand about doing nothing! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !• they kept us standing about for hours ils nous ont fait attendre debout pendant des heures► stand aside intransitive verb se pousser( = move back) reculer ; (from stimulation, problem) prendre du recul► stand bya. ( = be onlooker) rester là (à ne rien faire)b. ( = be ready for action) [troops] être en état d'alerte ; [emergency services] être prêt à intervenira. ( = support) [+ friend] ne pas abandonner ; [+ colleague, spouse] soutenirb. ( = keep to) [+ promise] tenir ; [+ sb else's decision] respecter ; [+ one's own decision] s'en tenir à► stand down intransitive verb( = resign) démissionnera. ( = represent) représenter• what does UNO stand for? à quoi correspond l'abréviation UNO ?b. ( = defend) défendrec. ( = tolerate) tolérera. ( = protrude) faire saillie ; [vein] saillirb. ( = be conspicuous) ressortirc. ( = be outstanding) se distinguerd. ( = remain firm) tenir bonb. ( = resist challenge) tenir debouta. ( = place upright) mettreb. ( = fail to meet) (inf) [+ friend] faire faux bond à ; [+ boyfriend, girlfriend] poser un lapin à (inf)► stand up for inseparable transitive verb[+ person, principle, belief] défendre[+ bully, superior] affronter ; [+ use, conditions] résister à* * *[stænd] 1.1) ( furniture) ( for coats) portemanteau m; ( for hats) porte-chapeau m; (for plant, trophy) guéridon m; ( for music) pupitre m à musique3) ( in stadium) tribunes fpl4) ( witness box) barre f5) ( stance) position fto take ou make a stand on something — prendre position sur quelque chose
6) ( resistance to attack) résistance f7) ( standstill)2.transitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) ( place) mettre [person, object]2) ( bear) supporterhe can't stand to do ou doing — il ne supporte pas de faire
3) (colloq) ( pay for)4) Law5) ( be liable)3.intransitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) (also stand up) se lever2) ( be upright) [person] se tenir debout; [object] tenir deboutdon't just stand there, do something! — ne reste pas planté (colloq) là! fais quelque chose!
3) ( be positioned) [building etc] être; ( clearly delineated) se dresser4) ( step)5) (be)to stand empty — [house] rester vide
as things stand... — étant donné l'état actuel des choses...
I want to know where I stand — fig je voudrais savoir où j'en suis
to stand in somebody's way — lit bloquer le passage à quelqu'un; fig faire obstacle à quelqu'un
6) ( remain valid) [offer, agreement] rester valable7) ( measure)8) ( be at certain level)9) ( be a candidate) se présenter10) ( not move) [water, mixture] reposer•Phrasal Verbs:- stand by- stand in- stand to- stand up••
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