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rule¹
- /ɹuːl/ UK
- /ɹʉwl/ British, Southern, Standard
- [ɹʊwl] British, Southern, Standard
- /ɹoːl/
- /ɹul/ Canada, US
- /ɹʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ɹuːl] Australia, New Zealand
- /ɹɪu̯l/ Wales
- /ɾʉl/ Scotland
- /ɻʉl/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol.
noun rules
- A regulation, law, guideline. All participants must adhere to the rules.
- A regulating principle. There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature.
- The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. Obey them that have the rule over you.
- A normal condition or state of affairs. My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
- Conduct; behaviour. This uncivil rule; she shall know of it.
- An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
- A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. a rule for extracting the cube root
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure. As we may observe in the Works of Art, a Judicious Artist will indeed use his Eye, but he will trust only to his Rule.
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
rule²
- /ɹuːl/ UK
- /ɹʉwl/ British, Southern, Standard
- [ɹʊwl] British, Southern, Standard
- /ɹoːl/
- /ɹul/ Canada, US
- /ɹʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ɹuːl] Australia, New Zealand
- /ɹɪu̯l/ Wales
- /ɾʉl/ Scotland
- /ɻʉl/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.
verb rules · ruling · ruled · rule
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To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness cau
Similar: r.
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To excel.
This game rules!
Similar: rock, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass, rule, shine, slap · Opposite: stink, suck
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To decide judicially.
The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
Similar: hold
- To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. That's a ruled case with the school-men.
- To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
rule³
- /ɹuːl/ UK
- /ɹʉwl/ British, Southern, Standard
- [ɹʊwl] British, Southern, Standard
- /ɹoːl/
- /ɹul/ Canada, US
- /ɹʉːl/ Australia, New Zealand
- [ɹuːl] Australia, New Zealand
- /ɹɪu̯l/ Wales
- /ɾʉl/ Scotland
- /ɻʉl/ Northern Ireland
Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
Related to revel.
verb rules · ruling · ruled
- To revel.
Rule⁴
proper noun Rules
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States.
- A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: decree, regulation, govern, convention, prescript, principle, dominate, normal, pattern, reign, predominate, prevail, find, formula, ruler, dominion
Translations
Every language
noun regulation
| Español | regla, canon |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 규칙 gyuchik, 규율 gyuyul, 룰 rul |
| 日本語 | 規則 kisoku, 決まり kimari, 掟 okite, 規律 kiritsu, ルール rūru, 規 nori |
| 中文 | 規則 /规则 guīzé, 規律 /规律 guīlǜ |
| हिन्दी | राज rāj, दस्तूर dastūr, नियम niyam, क़ानून qānūn, क़ायदा qāydā, कानून kānūn |
| Kiswahili | masharti |
| Português | regra, lei, regulamento |
| Français | règle |
| Deutsch | Regel, Vorschrift |
| Italiano | regola |
| Ελληνικά | κανόνας kanónas |
| Română | regulă |
| Русский | пра́вило právilo |
| Tiếng Việt | quy tắc, quy luật, quy định, thể lệ |
| العربية | قَانُون qānūn, قَاعِدَة qāʕida, دُسْتُور dustūr |
| עברית | חוק \ חֹק khok |
noun the act of ruling; control
| 한국어 | 통치 tongchi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 統治 tōchi |
| 中文 | 統治 /统治 tǒngzhì |
| हिन्दी | शासन śāsan |
| Français | règne |
| Deutsch | Herrschaft |
| Română | guvernare |
| Русский | правле́ние pravlénije, госпо́дство gospódstvo |
| العربية | حُكْم ḥukm, حُكُومَة ḥukūma |
noun a normal condition or state of affairs
| Deutsch | Regel |
|---|
verb to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
| Español | mandar, regentar, regentear, regir |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통치하다 tongchihada |
| 日本語 | 治める osameru, 支配する shihai suru, 統治する tōchi suru |
| 中文 | 治 zhì, 統治 /统治 tǒngzhì, 治理 zhìlǐ |
| हिन्दी | शासन करना śāsan karnā |
| Kiswahili | sharti |
| Português | reinar, governar |
| Français | gouverner, régler |
| Deutsch | herrschen, regieren, beherrschen |
| Italiano | governare |
| Ελληνικά | κυβερνώ kyvernó, διοικώ dioikó, διευθύνω diefthýno |
| Română | domni |
| Русский | пра́вить právitʹ, вла́ствовать vlástvovatʹ, руководи́ть rukovodítʹ, госпо́дствовать gospódstvovatʹ, управля́ть upravljátʹ |
| العربية | حَكَمَ ḥakama |
| עברית | מָשַׁל mashál, שָׁלַט shalát |
verb to decide judicially
| Español | laudar, dictaminar, fallar, dictar, resolver |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | entscheiden, urteilen |
| Italiano | sentenziare |
verb to mark with lines
| Français | graduer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | eine Linie ziehen, linieren |
| Ελληνικά | χαρακώνω charakóno |
| Русский | расчертить rasčertitʹ |
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