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rule
English
- 🔊 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
- 🔊 a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior“it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast”
- 🔊 (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems“he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs”
- 🔊 any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order“the rule of St. Dominic”
- 🔊 prescribed guide for conduct or action
- 🔊 directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted“he knew the rules of chess”
- 🔊 (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 dominance or power through legal authority“France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa”
- 🔊 something regarded as a normative example“the convention of not naming the main character”
- 🔊 keep in check“rule one's temper”
- 🔊 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”
- 🔊 have an affinity with
- 🔊 exercise authority over“Who is governing the country now?”
- 🔊 be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance“Money reigns supreme here”
Spanish
- 🔊 decidir to rule
- 🔊 batuta rule, sway
- 🔊 dominio rule, dominion
- 🔊 señorío rule, dominion
- 🔊 rectorar to rule, to govern
- 🔊 molar to rule, rock (be pleasing)
- 🔊 norma rule, norm, standard, touchstone
- 🔊 fallar to rule, give (a verdict or sentence)
- 🔊 regir to rule, govern, be in charge of, reign