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rule English

Meaning rule meaning

What does rule mean?
Definitions in simple English

rule Noun

— A rule is a statement that tells whether something is right or wrong. Peter picked up the football, which was against the rules, so the other team got a throw-in. — A king's rule is the time he controls the country. The next king had a very short rule: only two years. — A rule is another name for a ruler, a measuring device.

rule Verb

— When someone rules, he or she is in charge, like a king or queen. The king has ruled for 33 years.

rule

— noun (= regulation) a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast short haircuts were the regulation — noun (= convention, formula) something regarded as a normative example the convention of not naming the main character violence is the rule not the exception his formula for impressing visitors — verb (= govern) exercise authority over; as of nations Who is governing the country now? — noun prescribed guide for conduct or action — verb (= decree) decide with authority The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed — noun (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice — noun (= principle) 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 — verb (= predominate, reign) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance Money reigns supreme here Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood — verb (= find) decide on and make a declaration about find someone guilty — verb mark or draw with a ruler rule the margins — verb have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac — noun any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order the rule of St. Dominic — noun directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted he knew the rules of chess — noun (= formula) (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 — noun 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 — verb keep in check rule one's temper — noun the duration of a monarch's or government's power during the rule of Elizabeth — noun (= dominion) dominance or power through legal authority France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa the rule of Caesar — noun (= principle) 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

Synonyms rule synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as rule?

rule English » English

govern regulation control law reign command government principle dominate order dominion ruler precept statute standard power norm custom manage direct decree decide restrain administration judge authority kingdom guideline system supervise sovereignty resolve formula administer sway ruling regulations predominate method line conclude commandment code canon make a decision governance ascendancy ascendance tradition regime

Rule English » English

Norma Level

Topics rule topics

What do people use rule to talk about?
States Big

Measure
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Government

Rule
Social behavior Law

Laws
States Big

Long

Grammar
Social behavior Law

Judge, render a verdict
States Quantity Count

Mathematics
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Impossible

Conjugation rule conjugation

How do you conjugate rule?

rule · verb

Examples rule examples

How do I use rule in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Dinosaurs used to rule the earth.
I don't think I'd rule that out.
I wouldn't rule that out.
You broke the rule.
I make it a rule not to watch television after nine o'clock.
As a rule, twins have a lot in common.
As a rule, we have a lot of rain in fall.
As a rule, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.
As a rule, hail falls in summer.
As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.
As a rule, he arrives at the office at about nine-thirty in the morning.
As a rule, the inhabitants of warm countries keep early hours.
Boys, as a rule, are taller than girls.
Doctors are not as a rule trained in child rearing.
Paul makes it a rule not to be late for his appointments.
As a rule, she is an early riser.
It may be said, as a rule, that the climate of Japan is mild.
As a rule, Japanese people are not good at foreign languages.
The king subjected all the tribes to his rule.
The queen reigns, but does not rule in England.
There is a very strict rule forbidding smoking in bed.
There is a rule concerning the use of knives and forks.
There are exceptions to every rule.
The rule should be revised.

Movie subtitles

In China, Imperial rule was implemented by a Confucian bureaucracy, recruited on the basis of perhaps the most terrifying set of exam papers in all history.
Are you forgetting Rule Number 23?
Do you also want to break Rule Number 23?
But according to Rule Number 72 I can't leave my companion alone!
Rule 23, Rule 72, Rule 23.
How could I break Rule 72? (Creepyus!
I broke Rule 72!
Haven't you known yet that Lord Choi's words are the law and the rule in this town?
I will show you all whose words are the rule and the law!
One rule, though.
Can we rule out death by misadventure?
I'm making a new rule.
As long as they remained within the bounds of Swedish rule, they dare not reveal their identities.
Surely gang rule and law defiance are more of a menace to the nation than the regulation of oil or a bullfight.
An invisible man can rule the world.
Suddenly I realised the power I held, the power to rule, to make the world grovel at my feet.
Power to rule, to make the world grovel at my feet.
Is there some new rule?
I make no exceptions. Your rule is rather awkward to strangers.
He says you don't trust women. Not as a rule, Mrs. Cody.
He wants to sell the Golden Rule House.
Why? Because on this particular afternoon you did a thing you never do as a rule.
I'm sorry, but it's a rule of the yard that..
Let such a nation that cannot rule by itself be wiped out!
We rule with moderate strictness and in return, we are satisfied with moderate obedience.
You see, a perfect body in perfect health was the rule here.
It's the new rule.
They play dirty, which is why sometimes it seems like it's damned near impossible for rule-abiding kids to win.
The thing is, there's a bit of a new rule.
Soon, you will rule the entire world from here.
You possess the power to rule the entire world.
One day, you'll merge with that superhuman throne and become a computer weapon that'll rule the world!
I'm afraid, as a rule, I prefer the company of men, particularly if they're bartenders.
Rule Britannia!
How far do you go, as a rule?
I further charge you with insulting an officer with vile names. according to Rule Three, Section Three of the law dealing with delinquents.
As a rule, it is inadvisable to make an overcall on two of a four-card suit or to overcall with a no-trump bid without a double-stopper in the suit bid by the opponent.

News and current affairs

But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.
Deductive inference enables us to predict effects if we know the principles (the rule) and the cause.
Abductive inference is pragmatic, looking only at outcomes, guessing at the rule, and identifying the cause.
It is heartening that several Nigerian senators have recently been in the forefront of efforts to strengthen the rule of law in the oil sector.
With more money, ill-educated bureaucrats hire more ill-educated bureaucrats; as a result, the regime fails to rule the country.
Like former Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, the only other KGB man to rule Russia, Putin will become the party's general secretary.
The Ukraine president is authorized to appoint and sack the prime minister, dissolve parliament if he wishes, and rule by decree if he judges that the country's institutions are in danger.
But the parliament he has in mind is a mutant, one where the authoritarian rule of the criminal clans Kuchma controls will continue, unabated, behind the facade of parliamentary procedure.
But any attempt to prolong Kuchma's rule will create such a political mess that it is not absurd to fear that Ukraine could follow Belarus and the Balkans of the early 1990's into outright dictatorship and chaos.
What is needed are clear checks on arbitrary rule, and transparency in decision-making.
Only one-party rule would guarantee the continuing rise of China and put an end to centuries of national humiliation.
By contrast, those who rule according to a shared belief cannot afford to negotiate, for that would undermine the belief itself.
Now it is up to the government to use the judicial system to impose the rule of law.
Improving security and the rule of law must include destroying the opium trade.
And South Africa's last apartheid leader, F. W. de Klerk, was initially perceived as just another apologist for the system - hardly the man to free Nelson Mandela and oversee the end of white minority rule.
In Europe, the Kremlin has been able to pursue a successful divide-and-rule strategy, particularly in view of Hungary's decision to suspend gas flows to Ukraine.
This will require strengthening the rule of law and ending the prevailing culture of impunity.
It also requires political stability, eradication of corruption, enhanced rule of law, improvement of basic levels of education, and greater use of mobile telephones and the Internet.
So why did a gentle former literature professor named Liu Xiaobo have to be sentenced to 11 years in prison, just because he publicly advocated freedom of expression and an end to one-party rule?
Without legitimacy, no government can rule with any sense of confidence.
Chairman Mao's rule combined elements of the Chinese imperial system with Communist totalitarianism.
One-man rule has been so completely embedded in North Korea's political culture and system that it is difficult to expect collective leadership to succeed.
Thus, some type of power struggle, rather like what occurred in the Soviet Union following Stalin's death, may invariably follow a brief period of collective rule.
But the problem with military rule is a tendency toward incomplete understanding of the implications of political decisions - a problem that will be aggravated further by collective leadership.

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