precept

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[C,U] (formal) a rule about how to behave or what to think SYNPRINCIPLE: moral / ideological precepts * I believe in the precept of 'Person first, disability second'.

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preceptEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary preceptEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary preceptEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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preach preacher preachy preamble pre-arranged precancerous precarious precast precaution precede precedence

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