Could someone please explain this phrase to me: "applies to something in principle".
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Sign up to join this communityCould someone please explain this phrase to me: "applies to something in principle".
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If you say that something is true, or applies, in principle, you are saying that provisionally based on what you know about it so far. You agree in general but have not yet considered the details. No decision has been made.
In principle
(1) As a general idea or plan, although the details are not yet established.
‘the government agreed in principle to a peace plan that included a ceasefire’
(2) Used to indicate that although something is theoretically possible, in reality it may not actually happen.
‘in principle, the banks are entitled to withdraw these loans when necessary’