rules

Meaning

plural of rule

rules

regulations

law

laws

statutes

discipline

regulation

order

customs

statute

code

protocol

ordinance

ordinances

norm

standard

provisions

articles

by-laws

rule

ruling

conventions

agreement

convention

acts

original rules

principle

set of regulations

instructions

rubric

rules and regulations

directive rules

standards standing order

legal

art

technique

charter

regular pattern

procedure

rules of procedure

standing orders

working order

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuːlz/

New

rule

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.