Backing and Principal

Backing

Backing noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Principal and backing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Principal" instead a noun "Backing".

Nearby Words: back, background, backer, backup, backed

Principal noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Backing and principal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backing" instead a noun "Principal".

Nearby Words: principle, principally, principality, principe

good	good backing	good principal
female	female backing	female principal
current	current backing	current principal
actual	actual backing	actual principal
Other adjectives: entire, military.

On the DVD Commentary the creators note that the principal has a pattern of trying to sound authoritative and then immediately backing off from whatever he said.

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When civil war broke out between Octavius and Antony some ten years later, Cleopatra was the principal military force backing Antony's cause (the official declaration of war was against Cleopatra, not Antony), but it was for naught.

Source: Useful Notes / Cleopatra VII

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