in principle meaning

• Adverb: in principle
  1. With regard to fundamentals although not concerning details
     "in principle, we agree"
     - in theory, in essence

• on principle:    1. On grounds of ( ...
• principle:    Noun: principle&nb ...
• acceleration principle:     or accelerator pr ...

Examples

1. the president was all for the trip in principle.
2. ultra-violet recorders consist in principle of geophones.
3. a single base might in principle suffice for computation.
4. these hypotheses, i contend, must be refutable in principle.
5. they have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the terms.