Rule

Language: English
Pronunciation: rule
Part of Speech: noun

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A regulation, law, guideline.

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"a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior"

"something regarded as a normative example"

"prescribed guide for conduct or action"

"or prescribing"

"a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct"

"the duration of a monarch's or government's power"

"dominance or power through legal authority"

"directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted"

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

"a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system"

"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"

"exercise authority over; as of nations"

"decide with authority"

"be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance"

"decide on and make a declaration about"

"have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac"

"mark or draw with a ruler"

"keep in check"

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