Meaning of rule | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. Revelry.
   obsolete
3. A regulation, law, guideline.
   countable, uncountable
4. rule, norm, standard, touchstone
5. In general; for the most part: As a rule, we take the bus.
6. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. A regulating principle.
   countable, uncountable
8. third-person singular present indicative
9. as a rule, generally; usually.
10. A town in Haskell County, Texas, United States.
    countable, uncountable
11. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
    uncountable
12. second-person singular imperative
13. having straight lines drawn across. ruled paper. met lyne مُسَطَّر на линии pautado linkovaný liniert linieret με γραμμές pautado, rayado, a rayas jooneline خط دار viiva- ligné שוּרוֹת लाइनदार, रेखांकित pravilnik vonalazott bergaris línustrikaður a righe 線入りの 괘선을 넣은 liniuotas līniju-; līnijots lurus gelinieerdlinjertliniowy خط لرونکی pautado liniat линованный linkovaný črtan sa linijama linjerad ที่มีเส้น çizgili 有平行線的 розграфлений ایک ساتھ سیدھی لکیریں کھنچی ہوءی có dòng kẻ 划线的
14. A normal condition or state of affairs.
    countable, uncountable
15. governing. the ruling party. regerend حاكِم управляващ no poder vládnoucí herrschend regerende κυβερνώνgobernante, reinante, dirigente, en el poder valitsev حکمران hallitseva au pouvoir, régnant הַשוֹלֵט प्रबल, प्रधान, प्रमुख, शासक, प्रचलित vladajući uralkodó memerintah stjórnandi, ráðandi dominante, regnante 支配する 지배 valdantysis valdošs yang memerintah heersendherskenderządzący حکمران no poder de guvernământ; conducător правящий vládnuci vladajoč vladajući regerande, härskande ซึ่งปกครอง yöne...
16. Conduct; behaviour.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
17. an official decision. The judge gave his ruling. beslissing قَرار، حُكْم постановление decisão rozhodnutí, nález die Entscheidung afsige kendelse επίσημη απόφαση fallo, decisión otsus حکم رای päätös décision, jugementפסיקה निर्णय, आदेश, व्यवस्था, रेखा, रेखाए, रेखण, रेखाकन odluka rendelkezés keputusan úrskurður delibera, decisione 裁決 판결 nutartis, sprendimas lēmums; spriedums keputusan beslissingkjennelseorzeczenie فیصله decisão decizie, hotărâre постановление nariadenie; rozhodnutie odlok, raz...
18. An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
    countable, uncountable
19. usually. I don't go out in the evening as a rule. in die reël عادَةً обикновено regra geral zpravidla in der Regel som regel κατά κανόνα por norma/regla general, por lo general tavaliselt معمولا tavallisesti en règle générale כִּכְלָל साधारणतया, सामान्यतया u pravilu rendszerint biasanya venjulega, yfirleitt in genere ふつうは 대체로 paprastai, dažniausiai parasti kebiasaan gewoonlijksom regel z reguły معمولاُ regra geral de regulă как правило spravidla praviloma po pravilu som regel ตามปกติ genellik...
20. A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
    countable, uncountable
21. to draw a line in order to separate. He ruled off the rest of the page. skei يَرْسُمُ خَطّاً فاصِلا разделям separar oddělit linkou durch eine Linie teilen adskille med en streg χωρίζω με γραμμή dividir/separar con una línea joonega eraldama ته صفحه را بستن erottaa viivalla tirer une ligne לְהַפריד בְּקָו के किनारे लाइन खींचना izbaciti, isključiti vonalat húz membuat garis draga línu (til að afmarka) (separare con una riga) 線で区切る 선을 그어 구획짓다 atskirti linija nodalīt ar lī-niju menggaris met een...
22. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
    countable, uncountable
23. to leave out; not to consider. We mustn't rule out the possibility of bad weather. vergeet, oor die hoof sien يَسْتَبْعِد، يَسْتَثْني изключвам pôr de lado vyloučit ausschließen udelukke αποκλείωexcluir, descartar välistama غیر محتمل پنداشتن sulkea pois exclure לְבַטֵל निकाल देना, नियम विरूद्ध घोषित करना isključiti kizár mengabaikan útiloka escludere 除外する 배제하다 atmesti atmest; neņemt vērā tidak mengendahkan uitsluitenutelukkewykluczyć لیری کول، راښکلل pôr de lado a ex­clude исключать vylúčiť i...
24. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
    countable, uncountable
25. Governing power or its possession or use; authority.
26. 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.
    countable, dated, uncountable
27. An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest.

Equivalents

Examples

“All participants must adhere to the rules.”

“You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.”

“We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives.”

“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.”

“There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature.”

“Obey them that have the rule over you.”

“His stern rule the groaning land obeyed.”

“My rule is to rise at six o'clock.”

“As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.”

“This uncivil rule; she shall know of it.”

“a rule for extracting the cube root”

“As we may observe in the Works of Art, a Judicious Artist will indeed use his Eye, but he will trust only to his Rule.”

“It is not right to pervert the judge by moving him to anger or envy or pity—one might as well warp a carpenter's rule before using it.”

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