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rule noun
Meaning : A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
Example :
It was his rule to take a walk before breakfast.
Short haircuts were the regulation.
Synonyms : regulation
Meaning : Something regarded as a normative example.
Example :
The convention of not naming the main character.
Violence is the rule not the exception.
His formula for impressing visitors.
Synonyms : convention, formula, normal, pattern
Meaning : (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice.
Synonyms : linguistic rule
Meaning : A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct.
Example :
Their principles of composition characterized all their works.
Synonyms : principle
Meaning : The duration of a monarch's or government's power.
Example :
During the rule of Elizabeth.
Meaning : Dominance or power through legal authority.
Example :
France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa.
The rule of Caesar.
Synonyms : dominion
Meaning : Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted.
Example :
He knew the rules of chess.
Meaning : Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order.
Example :
The rule of St. Dominic.
Meaning : A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system.
Example :
The principle of the conservation of mass.
The principle of jet propulsion.
The right-hand rule for inductive fields.
Synonyms : principle
Meaning : (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems.
Example :
He determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs.
He gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials.
Synonyms : formula
Meaning : 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.
Synonyms : ruler
rule verb
Meaning : Exercise authority over. As of nations.
Example :
Who is governing the country now?.
Synonyms : govern
Meaning : Decide with authority.
Example :
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed.
Synonyms : decree
Meaning : Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
Example :
Money reigns supreme here.
Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood.
Synonyms : dominate, predominate, prevail, reign
Meaning : Have an affinity with. Of signs of the zodiac.
Meaning : Mark or draw with a ruler.
Example :
Rule the margins.
