rule

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A regulation, law, guideline.
2. (countable, uncountable) A regulating principle.
3. (uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
4. (countable, uncountable) A normal condition or state of affairs.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Conduct; behaviour.
6. (countable, uncountable) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
7. (countable, uncountable) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
8. (countable, uncountable) A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
9. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, dated, uncountable) 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. (stative, transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To excel.
3. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
4. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
5. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

Verb

To revel.

Opposite of

stink, suck

Synonyms

govern

regulation

control

law

reign

command

government

dominate

principle

order

dominion

ruler

precept

statute

standard

power

norm

custom

manage

direct

decide

decree

restrain

administration

authority

judge

🧑‍⚖️

kingdom

guideline

administer

system

supervise

formula

resolve

sovereignty

line

predominate

ruling

regulations

canon

conclude

commandment

method

code

sway

make a decision

ascendancy

ascendance

governance

domination

prevail

Translations

règle

regola

Regel

regla

gouverner

gobernar

régner

governare

regieren

norma

regra

κανόνας

dominare

herrschen

regla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reule

Inherited from Middle English: reulen

In summary

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, regal, regula, and rigol.

Sentences

He was the only American to rule from within the National Palace .

The first rule of don't fight club is let's talk about it .

Kingdom of Srem under the rule of Stefan Dragutin was located in Lower Srem.