rule

Meaning

Noun

1. A regulation, law, guideline.
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. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
6. An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
7. A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
8. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
9. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
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 work.

Verb

1. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
2. (slang) To excel.
3. To decide judicially.
4. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
5. To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

Verb

To revel.

Concepts

rule

govern

regulation

control

law

reign

command

government

dominate

principle

order

dominion

ruler

precept

statute

standard

norm

custom

power

direct

manage

decide

decree

administration

restrain

judge

authority

kingdom

guideline

supervise

system

sovereignty

administer

formula

resolve

ruling

line

method

commandment

canon

code

regulations

predominate

sway

conclude

ascendance

ascendancy

governance

make a decision

measure

prevail

regime

convention

direction

condition

domination

pattern

hold sway

tradition

ordinance

manner

practice

usage

constitution

discipline

habit

regularity

way

policy

lead

oversee

criterion

arrangement

doctrine

settlement

decision

administrate

hold

dictate

supremacy

instruction

prescript

form

restriction

regulate

appointed

created

justice

made

board

executive

adjudge

state

check

attendance

custody

holding

storage

handle

take care of

basis

mode

scale

governing

agreement

provision

occupy

draw a line

make lines

judge a case

try a case

regimen

constraint

bid

compel

overshadow

master

be master

plan

harness

rein

find

normal

linguistic rule

draw columns

legislation

mastership

style

moral code

score

determine

appoint

rule over

rulership

mastery

head

tenet

edict

mandate

judgement

dominance

instructions

act

business

behaviour

laws

prescription

carpenter’s square

declare

profess

pronounce

adjudicate

try

kingship

realm

royalty

odds

rules

audit

be attentive

be attentive to

collate

examine

heed

mind

moderate

pay attention

pay attention to

review

verify

watch out

behavior

care

clothing

comportment

dress

grip

maintenance

manner of dress

manners

session

upkeep

touchstone

lord over

tower above

boss

be in charge of

carry on

execute

look out for

organize

run

region

directive

continence

affair

case

ceremony

matter

ruled line

aim

apply correspondingly

associate

being proportionate to

conforming to

correspond to

level

quasi

semi

conclusion

dynasty

peaceful times

appointment

destiny

fate

karma

rite

compass and ruler

tranquility

tranquillity

SOP

established routine

standard operating procedure

be in office

be in power

possess

reign over

legal provision

section

arbitrate

make a final decision

axiom

enactment

be at the helm of the state

group

guardianship

basic

obligation

principles

bidding

charge

coercion

compulsion

dictation

exaction

supervision

formality

test

observance

means

process

routine

religious principles

mark with lines

guide

domineer

jurisdiction

king

lex

man

queen

regiment

wis

injunction

propriety

sequence

look after

tend

characteristic

fashion

wont

management

create

found

grasp

prove

take hold of

exploit

step on

tread down

navigate

ferule

pointer

bar

droit

legal

ordination

regular pattern

clause

declaration

force

guiding principle

subjugate

support

call the tune

cinch

overarch

throne

ascendency

overlordship

call the shots

chair

conduct

convey

derive

elicit

eventuate

go

infer

operate

result

spearhead

transmit

rubric

break up

cap off

cease

choose

close

dissolve

elect

end

finish

fix

settle

terminate

wrap up

straightedge

hatch

exercise authority

restraint

polity

jurisprudence

ascend the throne

south

south side

kick arse

kick butt

kick ass

rock

begin

shine

draw lines

might

property

hold power

in charge

draw

plot

contain

limitation

allocate

dominant

head up

interline

slug

age

era

period

time

culture

embrace

hug

mortgage

pawn

tempered

customs

practices

well-behaved

example

instance

ordinarily

theorem

watch over

make do with

manage with

lordship

have authority

rights of nature

deed

bylaw

arranging

medical prescription

recipe

steer

lawbook

punish

common

constantly

frequently

regular

legal standard

statutes

model

row

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːl/

Etymology

From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail.