rule
rule
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/ruːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rule"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

instructions or guidelines that determine how a game or sport is played

rule definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Players must follow the rules to avoid penalties.
02

a measuring tool, typically a strip of wood, metal, or plastic, with a straight edge used for drawing lines or measuring lengths

rule definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A plastic rule helped her keep the design precise.
03

a principle or standard that ordinarily governs behavior or conduct

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Honesty is a fundamental rule in most workplaces.
04

something regarded as a normative example or standard model

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This case is the rule rather than the exception.
05

a description or prescription of a linguistic practice

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A rule in phonology explains the pronunciation of vowels.
06

a law or principle concerning natural phenomena

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rule of gravity governs the motion of objects.
07

a standard procedure or formula for solving a class of mathematical problems

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He applied the rule for differentiating polynomials.
08

any systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rule prescribes daily prayers and communal meals.
09

dominance or authority exercised through legal, political, or formal power

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Citizens resisted the rule of the oppressive regime.
10

āĻļāĻžāϏāύ, āφāϧāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ

the period during which a monarch, leader, or government has control or authority over a country or territory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The country experienced peace during her rule.
āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāϜāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to control and be in charge of a country
Transitive: to rule a country
to rule definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The president ruled the nation during a time of economic prosperity.
āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to officially declare or state something as true, especially in a legal or authoritative manner
Transitive: to rule that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee ruled that the proposal was acceptable and would proceed.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be the most important or dominant
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Money often rules in political decisions, overshadowing other concerns.
āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āφāϧāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04

āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make an official decision about something
Intransitive: to rule on an issue | to rule against an issue | to rule in favor of an issue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The board of directors will convene tomorrow to rule on the proposed merger.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻ•āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻĄāĻžāχāϰ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟāϰāϏ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to control or restrain something or someone, maintaining order or preventing excess
Transitive: to rule one's emotions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They had to rule their excitement as they awaited the announcement.
āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĻāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āφāρāĻ•āĻž

to draw straight, parallel lines across a surface, such as paper
Transitive: to rule paper
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carefully ruled the edges of the paper to ensure all lines were perfectly straight.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŽ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
07

āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a planet) to have a dominant or guiding influence over a zodiac sign, astrological house, or other celestial aspect
Transitive: to rule a zodiac sign or astrological house
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mars is said to rule the first house of the zodiac, shaping the way we present ourselves to the world.
āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϞ āϰāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϚāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

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