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A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior It was his rule to take a walk before breakfast Short haircuts were the regulation |
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Something regarded as a normative example The convention of not naming the main character Violence is the rule not the exception His formula for impressing visitors |
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Prescribed guide for conduct or action |
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(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice |
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A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct Their principles of composition characterized all their works |
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The duration of a monarch's or government's power During the rule of Elizabeth |
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Dominance or power through legal authority France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa The rule of Caesar |
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Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted He knew the rules of chess |
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Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order The rule of St. Dominic |
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A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system The principle of the conservation of mass The principle of jet propulsion The right-hand rule for inductive fields |
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(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems He determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs He gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials |
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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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Exercise authority over As of nations Who is governing the country now? |
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Decide with authority The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed |
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Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance Money reigns supreme here Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood |
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Decide on and make a declaration about Find someone guilty |
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Have an affinity with Of signs of the zodiac |
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Mark or draw with a ruler Rule the margins |
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Keep in check Rule one's temper |
| noun | regulation, concept, conception, construct |
| noun | convention, normal, pattern, formula, practice |
| noun | prescript, direction, instruction |
| noun | linguistic rule, concept, conception, construct |
| noun | principle, generalization, generalisation, generality |
| noun | principle, law, law of nature
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| noun | duration, continuance |
| noun | dominion, dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control |
| noun | direction, instruction |
| noun | direction, instruction |
| noun | formula, procedure, process |
| noun | ruler, measuring stick, measure, measuring rod
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| verb | govern, control, command |
| verb | decree, decide, make up one's mind, determine, rule out
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| verb | predominate, dominate, reign, prevail |
| verb | find, pronounce, label, judge |
| verb | attach to, accompany, come with, go with
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| verb | draw |
| verb | harness, rein, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle |