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Sounds | ruw'l |
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Rhymes | Blackpool, Boole, boule, and 42 more rhymes in uwl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior. |
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Examples | "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast" |
Synonyms | regulation |
Narrower | restriction, limitation; guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb; cy pres, rule of cy pres, cy pres doctrine; working principle, working rule |
Broader | concept, conception, construct |
Meaning | Something regarded as a normative example. |
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Examples | "violence is the rule not the exception" |
Synonyms | convention, normal, pattern, formula |
Narrower | mores; code of conduct, code of behavior |
Broader | practice |
Meaning | Prescribed guide for conduct or action. |
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Synonyms | prescript |
Part of | book, rule book |
Narrower | bylaw, bye law; rubric; order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure; rule of evidence; Miranda rule; principle, precept; golden rule; GIGO; dictate; regulation, ordinance; canon; etiquette; protocol, communications protocol |
Broader | direction, instruction |
Verbs | rule |
Meaning | (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice. |
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Synonyms | linguistic rule |
Category | linguistics |
Narrower | grammatical rule, rule of grammar; morphological rule, rule of morphology |
Broader | concept, conception, construct |
Meaning | A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct. |
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Synonyms | principle |
Narrower | pillar; yang; yin; feng shui |
Broader | generalization, generalisation, generality |
Meaning | A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system. |
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Examples | "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" |
Synonyms | principle |
Narrower | Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization; Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle; Gresham's Law; mass-energy equivalence; Naegele's rule; Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony; principle of equivalence; principle of liquid displacement; principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition; principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition; mass-action principle, mass action; localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation |
Broader | law, law of nature |
Meaning | The duration of a monarch's or government's power. |
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Examples | "during the rule of Elizabeth" |
Narrower | Regency; regency |
Broader | duration, continuance |
Verbs | rule |
Meaning | Dominance or power through legal authority. |
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Examples | "the rule of Caesar" |
Synonyms | dominion |
Narrower | paramountcy; raj; reign, sovereignty; suzerainty |
Broader | dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control |
Verbs | rule |
Meaning | Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted. |
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Examples | "he knew the rules of chess" |
Part of | book, rule book |
Narrower | ground rule |
Broader | direction, instruction |
Meaning | Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order. |
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Examples | "the rule of St. Dominic" |
Broader | direction, instruction |
Meaning | (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems. |
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Examples | "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs" |
Synonyms | formula |
Category | mathematics, math, maths |
Narrower | metarule; algorithm, algorithmic rule, algorithmic program; heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program; recursion |
Broader | procedure, process |
Meaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | ruler |
Narrower | carpenter's rule; foot rule; meterstick, metrestick; yardstick, yard measure |
Broader | measuring stick, measure, measuring rod |
Verbs | rule |
Meaning | Exercise authority over. As of nations. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | govern |
Narrower | throne; misgovern; dictate; reign |
Broader | control, command |
Nouns | rule; ruler; rule |
Meaning | Decide with authority. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Synonyms | decree |
Narrower | overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse; rule out, rule in |
Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine |
See also | rule out |
Nouns | rule; ruler |
Meaning | Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | predominate, dominate, reign, prevail |
Narrower | override; redound; overarch; preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance |
Meaning | Decide on and make a declaration about. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | find |
Broader | pronounce, label, judge |
Similar to | find, feel |
Nouns | ruling |
Meaning | Have an affinity with. Of signs of the zodiac. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Broader | attach to, accompany, come with, go with |
Meaning | Mark or draw with a ruler. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "rule the margins" |
Broader | draw |
Nouns | rule, ruler |
Meaning | Keep in check. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "rule one's temper" |
Synonyms | harness, rein |
Broader | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle |