Definitions for rulings

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rulings rul·ing

Spelling: [roo-ling]

IPA: /ˈru lɪŋ/

Rulings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in rulings (gilnrsu).

Definitions for rulings

noun

1. an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
2. the act of drawing straight lines with a ruler.
3. ruled lines.
4. a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
5. the code of regulations observed by a religious order or congregation:
6. the customary or normal circumstance, occurrence, manner, practice, quality, etc.:
7. control, government, or dominion:
8. tenure or conduct of reign or office:
9. a prescribed mathematical method for performing a calculation or solving a problem.
10. ruler (def 2).
11. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Norma.
12. Printing. a thin, type-high strip of metal, for printing a solid or decorative line or lines.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Obsolete. behavior.

Idioms

1. as a rule, generally; usually:
2. rule the roost. roost (def 7).

adjective

1. governing or dominating:
2. controlling; predominating:
3. widespread; prevalent:

Verb phrases

1. rule out, to prove to be unrelated or not for consideration; eliminate; exclude: to make impossible or impracticable:

verb (used with object)

1. to control or direct; exercise dominating power, authority, or influence over; govern:
2. to decide or declare judicially or authoritatively; decree:
3. to mark with lines, especially parallel straight lines, with the aid of a ruler or the like:
4. to mark out or form (a line) by this method:
5. to be superior or preeminent in (a specific field or group); dominate by superiority; hold sway over:

verb (used without object)

1. to exercise dominating power or influence; predominate.
2. to exercise authority, dominion, or sovereignty.
3. to make a formal decision or ruling, as on a point at law.
4. to be prevalent or current:

Origin of rulings

1175-1225; Middle English (gerund); see rule, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for rulings

Though some achieved wealth, yet this was rarely, if ever, the ruling motive.

That ruling is binding law in the United States, no matter what the former vice president says.

The constitutional problem with this ruling, experts say, is that it places an extra burden on women for being pregnant.

We commonly make it the last, if we ever make it at all; but it is the first and the ruling one.

“It is well established that a fetus is not a ‘person’; rather it is a sui generis organism,” the ruling stated.

His father was a Presbyterian of the Scotch type, and a ruling elder in the church.

But how could any political discretion on the part of the ruling classes have prevented this?

His real name was Li, and he belonged to the ruling Tang dynasty.

Muslim leaders have accused the ruling elite of carrying out what they see as religious persecution.

That ruling was affirmed in a final judgment by the Afghan courts, which the Afghan Supreme Court confirmed in 2013.