{
    "term": "principal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "most important; main",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The principal reason for this omission is lack of time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New roads will link the principal cities of the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tourist revenue is now our principal source of wealth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My principal concern is to get the job done fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The violins have the principal tune."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪnsəpl/",
                "audio": "pr/principal/principal__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɪnsəpl/",
                "audio": "pr/principal/principal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin principalis ‘first, original’, from princeps, princip- ‘first, chief’."
}