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US
/ˈɹuɫ/
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[ UK /ɹˈuːl/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈuːl/ ]
VERB
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keep in check
rule one's temper -
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
Money reigns supreme here
Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood -
exercise authority over; as of nations
Who is governing the country now? - have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
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decide with authority
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed -
decide on and make a declaration about
find someone guilty -
mark or draw with a ruler
rule the margins
NOUN
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dominance or power through legal authority
France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
the rule of Caesar - prescribed guide for conduct or action
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the duration of a monarch's or government's power
during the rule of Elizabeth -
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
the principle of the conservation of mass
the principle of jet propulsion
the right-hand rule for inductive fields -
any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
the rule of St. Dominic - (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
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a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
their principles of composition characterized all their works -
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs
he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials -
something regarded as a normative example
his formula for impressing visitors
violence is the rule not the exception
the convention of not naming the main character -
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
short haircuts were the regulation
it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast -
directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
he knew the rules of chess - measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
How To Use rule In A Sentence
- Kids at one Connecticut school don't like a new rule, but you probably won't hear them expressing themselves by using profanity: the rule to keep kids from cussing.
- Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
- Silence is the rule for our heroes, and that means a bit of extra claustrophobia to scenes that would otherwise be totally generic.
- Gone are the spelling rules that bedeviled many students' days.
- A cosmetic change to alter the face of the offside rule Talking point.
- Sed vt bonis et cordatis omnibus, etiam extraneis, satisfaciam qui maledicentiam istam Germanicam lecturi vel audituri sunt, aut olim audierint, ne et hi nos meritò calumniam tantam sustinere credant: Tum etiam vt alios qui istis virulentis rhythmis A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas
- There are tight rules on the type of properties that qualify for the relief.
- Then he looked me up and down as if it wouldn't work a footrule hard to measure me. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond
- Stick us in a virgin paradise, and we create great honeycombed bureaucracies, vast bramble-fields of rules and regulations, ornate politburos filled with policymaking politicos, and, above all, tangled webs of power.
- In writing poetry, one is unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure.