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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rule.
Princeton's WordNet
rule, regulationnoun
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
"it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
convention, normal, pattern, rule, formulanoun
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"
rule, prescriptnoun
prescribed guide for conduct or action
rule, linguistic rulenoun
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
principle, rulenoun
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"
rulenoun
the duration of a monarch's or government's power
"during the rule of Elizabeth"
dominion, rulenoun
dominance or power through legal authority
"France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
rulenoun
directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
"he knew the rules of chess"
rulenoun
any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
"the rule of St. Dominic"
principle, rulenoun
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"
rule, formulanoun
(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"
rule, rulerverb
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
govern, ruleverb
exercise authority over; as of nations
"Who is governing the country now?"
rule, decreeverb
decide with authority
"The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevailverb
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
rule, findverb
decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty"
ruleverb
have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
ruleverb
mark or draw with a ruler
"rule the margins"
rule, harness, reinverb
keep in check
"rule one's temper"
Wiktionary
rulenoun
A regulation, law, guideline.
rulenoun
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
rulenoun
Something to keep order.
rulenoun
A straight line , especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
rulenoun
A regulating principle.
rulenoun
A normal condition or state of affairs.
As a rule our senior editors are serious-minded.
ruleverb
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
ruleverb
To excel.
This game rules!
ruleverb
To mark (paper or the like) with rules .
Etymology: * noun: from rule, from riule, from regula, from regere; see regent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
RULEnoun
Etymology: regula, Lat.
I am asham’d, that women
Should seek for rule, supremacy, or sway,
When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. William Shakespeare.May he live
Ever belov’d, and loving may his rule be! William Shakespeare.A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame. Proverbs xvii. 2.
There being no law of nature nor positive law of God, that determines which is the positive heir, the right of succession; and consequently of bearing rule, could not have been determined. John Locke.
This makes them apprehensive of every tendency, to endanger that form of rule established by the law of their country. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 52.
Instruct me whence this uproar;
And wherefore Vanoe, the sworn friend to Rome,
Should spurn against our rule, and stir
The tributary provinces to war. Ambrose Philips, Briton.Sev’n years the traytor rich Mycenæ sway’d,
And his stern rule the groaning land obey’d. Alexander Pope.If your influence be quite dam’d up
With black usurping mists, some gentle taper,
Though a rush-candle from the wicker hole
Of some clay habitation, visit us
With thy long levell’d rule of streaming light. John Milton.A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule. Robert South, Sermons.
Adam’s sin did not deprive him of his rule, but left the creatures to a reluctation. Francis Bacon.
This little treatise will furnish you with infallible rules of judging truly. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Know’st with an equal hand to hold the scale;
See’st where the reasons pinch, and where they fail,
And where exceptions o’er the general rule prevail. Dry.We profess to have embraced a religion, which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives. John Tillotson.
We owe to christianity the discovery of the most certain and perfect rule of life. John Tillotson.
Some say he’s mad; others, that lesser hate him,
Do call it valiant fury; but for certain,
He cannot buckle his distemper’d cause
Within the belt of rule. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.To Ruleverb
Etymology: from the noun.
It is a purpos’d thing
To curb the will of the nobility;
Suffer’t, and live with such as cannot rule,
Nor ever will be rul’d. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Marg’ret shall now be queen, and rule the king;
But I will rule both her, the king, and realm. William Shakespeare.A greater power now rul’d him. John Milton.
Rome! ’tis thine alone with awful sway,
To rule mankind, and make the world obey,
Disposing peace and war thy own majestick way. Dryd.He sought to take unto him the ruling of the affairs. 1 Mac.
Had he done it with the pope’s license, his adversaries must have been silent; for that’s a ruled case with the schoolmen. Francis Atterbury.
To Ruleverb
To have power or command.
Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. Hosea xi. 12.
Thrice happy men! whom God hath thus advanc’d!
Created in his image, there to dwell,
And worship him; and in reward to rule
Over his works. John Milton, Paradise Lost. b. vii.We subdue and rule over all other creatures; and use for our own behoof those qualities wherein they excel. John Ray.
He can have no divine right to my obedience, who cannot shew his divine right to the power of ruling over me. John Locke.
Wikipedia
Rule
Rule is the first single from American rapper Nas 2001 album Stillmatic. It features a chorus sung by Amerie and production provided by Poke and Tone of Trackmasters Entertainment. The song is known for both sampling and interpolating "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears. The song's lyrics are political, inspiration and reminiscent of those on Nas' 1996 single "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)." It references this song in the beginning when Nas says: "Life, they wonder, can they take me under? Naw, never that." This references the intro to "If I ruled the World (Imagine That)" which is: "Life, I wonder, will it take me under? I don't know." As a single, "Rule" was not heavily promoted, but still reached #67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. "Got Ur Self A..." is mistakenly thought to be the first single on Stillmatic because "Rule" was not heavily promoted, did not receive music video treatment and was never released in compact disc format. It was released as a vinyl 12-inch single with "No Idea's Original" as its b-side.
ChatGPT
rule
A rule is a prescribed guide for conduct or action, establishing a principle about what people should or should not do in a specific situation or activity. Rules can also refer to an established regulation used in legal, scientific, computing, or mathematical contexts to determine a particular procedure or course of action.
Webster Dictionary
Ruleadjective
that which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket
Ruleadjective
uniform or established course of things
Ruleadjective
systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock
Ruleadjective
ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions
Ruleadjective
conduct in general; behavior
Ruleadjective
the act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control
Ruleadjective
an order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit
Ruleadjective
a determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root
Ruleadjective
a general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule
Ruleadjective
a straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler
Ruleadjective
a measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly
Ruleadjective
a thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work
Ruleadjective
a composing rule. See under Conposing
Rulenoun
to control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage
Rulenoun
to control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive
Rulenoun
to establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice
Rulenoun
to require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court
Rulenoun
to mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book
Ruleverb
to have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over
Ruleverb
to lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule
Ruleverb
to keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before
Etymology: [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F. rgle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See Right, a., and cf. Regular.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rule
rōōl, n. government: a principle: a standard: a statute, a maxim, formula, or order: an instrument used in drawing lines or making calculations mechanically: a minor law, something established for guidance and direction, esp. the regulations of monasteries, corporate societies, &c.: the limits of a prison (esp. in pl.): conformity to rule, uniformity: in American parliamentary law, the regulations adopted by a deliberative body for the regulation of its proceedings: (gram.) the expression of some established form of construction: the description of a process for solving a problem: a general proposition, as 'Failure is the rule, success the exception': (law) an order regulating the court: (print.) a thin strip of rolled brass, cut type high, used for printing: in plastering, a strip of wood on the face of the wall as a guide to assist in keeping the plane surface.—v.t. to dispose: to regulate: to dominate: to govern: to manage: to prevail upon: to settle as by a rule: to establish by decision: to determine, as a court: to mark with lines.—v.i. to exercise power (with over): to decide: to lay down and settle: to stand or range, as prices.—adj. Ru′lable, governable: allowable.—ns. Rule′-case (print.), a tray with partitions for rules; Rule′-cut′ter (print.), a machine for cutting brass rules into short lengths; Rule′-drill′er, a teacher who teaches by rote; Rule′-joint, a pivoted joint used by surveyors, &c.—adj. Rule′less, lawless.—ns. Rule′lessness; Rule′-mong′er, a stickler for rules; Ru′ler, a sovereign: a governor: an instrument used in drawing lines: in engraving, a straight steel bar employed in engraving the lines; Ru′lership; Rule′-work (print.), work with many rules, as tables of figures, &c.—adj. Ru′ling, predominant: prevailing: reigning.—n. the determination by a judge, esp. an oral decision: the act of making ruled lines.—n. Ru′ling-en′gine, a machine for ruling diffraction gratings.—adv. Ru′lingly.—ns. Ru′ling-machine′, a machine used by engravers for ruling in flat tints: a machine for ruling parallel coloured lines upon writing-paper; Ru′ling-pen, a form of pen for drawing lines of even thickness; Slid′ing-rule, a rule having one or more scales which slide over others for the purpose of facilitating calculations.—Rule of faith, not the sum of the Christian faith as laid down in creeds and confessions, but, in polemical theology, the sources whence the doctrines of the faith are to be authoritatively derived—the Scriptures, the tradition of the Church, the teaching of the Fathers, &c.; Rule of the road, the regulations to be observed in the movements of conveyances either on land or at sea—thus in England drivers, riders, and cyclists take the left side in meeting, and the right in passing; Rule of three, the method of finding the fourth term when three are given; Rule of thumb, any rough process of measurement.—A rule to show cause, or A rule nisi, a rule which is conditional (see Nisi); As a rule, on the whole; One hour rule, a rule prohibiting members of the United States House of Representatives speaking more than an hour. [O. Fr. reule (Fr. règle)—L. regula—regĕre, to rule.]
Rule
rōōl, n. revelry.—v.i. to revel. [Revel.]
Editors Contribution
rule
An accurate, specific, just, fair, logical, rational and defined step-by-step instruction for conduct or action cocreated by a form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government for citizens to follow and comply with.
Rules in society are there for a reason, they must be accurate, specific, just, fair, ethical, rational and logical.
Submitted by MaryC on August 17, 2020
ruleverb
Human measurements of good. 1.) Trademark for language engineering; chiefly expressing action or movement having sense. 2.) One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere. A law or principal that operates within a particular sphere of knowledge, describing or prescribing what is possible or allowable.
I rule a code practice that's discipline for a religious order in our nation of saints.
Etymology: Judge
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 5, 2024
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RULE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rule is ranked #5573 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Rule surname appeared 6,236 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Rule.
83.4% or 5,206 total occurrences were White.
8.8% or 553 total occurrences were Black.
3.9% or 249 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 118 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.2% or 78 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 32 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rule' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1255
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rule' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1624
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rule' in Nouns Frequency: #202
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rule' in Verbs Frequency: #475
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rule in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rule in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of rule in a Sentence
Our investigation focused on the question whether the merger could lead to a shutting-out of other carmakers from digital maps and whether HERE rival TomTom would possibly be denied future access to carmakers and their suppliers, we were able to rule out such effects.
In general, any system can be defeated this way or that. Some are harder and some are easier, the rule of thumb is that if your friends have a system that you are interested in, you can learn all kinds of things about it.
There's nothing that I hate about Joe Biden in terms of policy, my primary concerns are the dismantling of the institutions of democracy and the rule of law.
If we indulge crimes and breaches of the law, even whitewash, exonerate or give them support, that would be a blatant challenge to the rule of law in Hong Kong, which will eventually hurt the interest of all the Hong Kong people, hence, the central government firmly supports Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Special Administrative Region government continue to govern effectively and actively make a difference in accordance with the law, firmly supports Hong Kong Police to do their duties in accordance with the law.
If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.
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- حكم, قانون, قاعدةArabic
- ҡағиҙәBashkir
- правілаBelarusian
- правилоBulgarian
- regla, governar, manar, norma, regnarCatalan, Valencian
- vládnout, pravidloCzech
- regelDanish
- beherrschen, Regel, regierenGerman
- κυβερνώ, διευθύνω, κανόνας, χαρακώνω, διοικώGreek
- regulo, regiEsperanto
- regla, gobernar, mandarSpanish
- juhisEstonian
- قانونPersian
- ohje, päättää, johtaa, vallita, rulettaa, hallita, sääntö, säännelläFinnish
- stýraFaroese
- règle, gouverner, réglerFrench
- regraGalician
- חוקHebrew
- राज, नियमHindi
- előírás, ural, uralkodik, szabály, szabályozHungarian
- կանոնArmenian
- regulo, lineizarIdo
- reglaIcelandic
- regola, comandareItalian
- 規則, 支配, 規律, 治める, ルール, 統治, 規Japanese
- წესიGeorgian
- ក្បួនKhmer
- 규율, 규칙Korean
- rēgula, praescrīptum, impero, norma, praeceptum, rego, lēxLatin
- taisyklėLithuanian
- sagrafēt, vadlīnija, valdīt, noteikums, norma, rullēt, regula, likums, savilkt līnijasLatvian
- правилоMacedonian
- ഭരിയ്ക്കുക, നിയമംMalayalam
- regel, regerenDutch
- regjere, regel, styreNorwegian Nynorsk
- regel, regjere, styreNorwegian
- bee hazʼáaniiNavajo, Navaho
- ନିୟମOriya
- reguła, rządzić, wymiataćPolish
- lei, governar, regulamento, regra, reinarPortuguese
- regulăRomanian
- властвовать, господствовать, руководить, правило, правитьRussian
- قاعدو, ڪارSindhi
- pravilo, регула, upravljati, regula, regulirati, vladati, правилоSerbo-Croatian
- vládnuť, pravidloSlovak
- praviloSlovene
- regera, regel, styraSwedish
- masharti, shartiSwahili
- ஆட்சிTamil
- పాలించు, నియమంTelugu
- ธรรมThai
- kuralTurkish
- правилоUkrainian
- qui tắc, quy luật, quy tắcVietnamese
- reigön, guverönVolapük
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