rule
/ɹuːl/
A regulation, law, guideline; A regulating principle; The act of ruling; administration of law
- plural
- rules
Meanings
- 1
A regulation, law, guideline
The rules should be changed.
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That rule has been changed.
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- 2
A regulating principle
- 3
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control
- 4
A normal condition or state of affairs
- 5
Conduct; behaviour
- 6
An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suitrare
- 7
A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain resultrare
- 8
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measurerare
- 9
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writingrare
- 10
A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular workrare