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noun

precept

a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought

In a sentence

Six example sentences with precept, each labelled with its topic.

  • Kant offered a single precept that any student can test: act only as you would have everyone act.

    Philosophy

  • The founder printed one precept on every wall: never promise a customer a date the factory has not confirmed.

    Business

  • Every coach in the gym repeats the same precept: add weight only after your form survives the last set.

    Fitness

  • First, do no harm is the precept every medical student hears in the opening week and argues about ever after.

    Medicine

  • Form follows function was the precept of the school, and its students learned to justify every ornament or remove it.

    Architecture

  • Taste as you go is the first precept of the kitchen, and the cooks who skip it season everything at the end.

    Cooking

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