Definitions for rule
rule
rule
Spelling: [rool]
IPA: /rul/
Rule is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 26 anagrams from letters in rule (elru).
Definitions for rule
noun
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a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
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the code of regulations observed by a religious order or congregation:
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the customary or normal circumstance, occurrence, manner, practice, quality, etc.:
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control, government, or dominion:
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tenure or conduct of reign or office:
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a prescribed mathematical method for performing a calculation or solving a problem.
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ruler (def 2).
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(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Norma.
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Printing. a thin, type-high strip of metal, for printing a solid or decorative line or lines.
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Law.
a formal order or direction made by a court, as for governing the procedure of the court (general rule) or for sending the case before a referee (special rule)
a legal principle.
a court order in a particular case.
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rules, Penology.
a fixed area in the neighborhood of certain prisons within which certain prisoners were allowed to live.
the freedom of such an area.
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Obsolete. behavior.
Idioms
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as a rule, generally; usually:
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rule the roost. roost (def 7).
Verb phrases
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rule out,
to prove to be unrelated or not for consideration; eliminate; exclude:
to make impossible or impracticable:
verb (used with object)
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to control or direct; exercise dominating power, authority, or influence over; govern:
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to decide or declare judicially or authoritatively; decree:
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to mark with lines, especially parallel straight lines, with the aid of a ruler or the like:
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to mark out or form (a line) by this method:
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to be superior or preeminent in (a specific field or group); dominate by superiority; hold sway over:
verb (used without object)
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to exercise dominating power or influence; predominate.
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to exercise authority, dominion, or sovereignty.
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to make a formal decision or ruling, as on a point at law.
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to be prevalent or current:
Origin of rule
1175-1225; (noun) Middle English riule, reule Old French riule Latin rēgula straight stick, pattern (see regula); (v.) Middle English riwlen, reulen, rewellen Old F
Examples for rule
"There was one rule in poker your pa had," said Uncle Peter.
The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
But I told him, I would judge him by his own rule—by his actions, not by his professions.
rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience to law.
But the Lacedæmonians make it a rule never to speak of danger from their slaves.