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Rule

noun
1.
A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.  Synonym: regulation.  "Short haircuts were the regulation"
2.
Something regarded as a normative example.  Synonyms: convention, formula, normal, pattern.  "Violence is the rule not the exception" , "His formula for impressing visitors"
3.
Prescribed guide for conduct or action.  Synonym: prescript.
4.
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice.  Synonym: linguistic rule.
5.
A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct.  Synonym: principle.
6.
The duration of a monarch's or government's power.
7.
Dominance or power through legal authority.  Synonym: dominion.  "The rule of Caesar"
8.
Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted.
9.
Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order.
10.
A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system.  Synonym: principle.  "The principle of jet propulsion" , "The right-hand rule for inductive fields"
11.
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems.  Synonym: formula.  "He gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
12.
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.  Synonym: ruler.
verb
(past & past part. ruled; pres. part. ruling)
1.
Exercise authority over; as of nations.  Synonym: govern.
2.
Decide with authority.  Synonym: decree.
3.
Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.  Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, reign.  "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
4.
Decide on and make a declaration about.  Synonym: find.
5.
Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
6.
Mark or draw with a ruler.
7.
Keep in check.  Synonyms: harness, rein.



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"Rule" Quotes from Famous Books



... a great religious revival, when a certain nun Thomais, who enjoyed a great reputation for sanctity, took up her residence in the neighbourhood. So large were the crowds of women who flocked to place themselves under her rule that 'the monastery of Lips and Martha' was filled ...
— Byzantine Churches in Constantinople - Their History and Architecture • Alexander Van Millingen
... breath and the pain in his side at the expense of liberty. Return to the vegetable existence he had led among the agricultural journals with the life-size mangold wurzels, before this new attraction came into his life—no! He exceeded his allowance of cigars. Two a day had always been his rule. Now he smoked three and sometimes four—a man will when he is filled with the creative spirit. But very often he thought: 'I must give up smoking, and coffee; I must give up rattling up to town.' But he did not; there was no one in ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... privileges accorded to children who were registered by their parents. After being recorded they were handed over to the matron to be washed and fed and given all necessary attention. They were then induced to join groups of other children of their age. As a rule they quickly forgot their sorrows in play. They were not permitted to leave the playground until called for or sent home. If not called for they were escorted to their homes, or, in case of children of sufficient age and intelligence, to the car by the attendants of the playground. ...
— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
... rule. It was only by chance that the butler discovered this evening that it had been unlocked. You had better explain to the detective, Tufnell, how you ...
— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees
... home for Washington at the beginning of the December session of Congress in 1876, the late Adin Thayer told me that some of the Republicans had got sick of Butler's rule, and they were determined to have a candidate for Senator who could be trusted to make zealous opposition to him and his methods, and that they proposed to use my name. I told him I did not believe they would be able to get twenty-five ...
— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar


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