rule
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
- (noun): from Middle English rule, from Old French riule, from Vulgar Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regere (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”); see regent.
- (verb): from Middle English rulen, from Old French riuler, from Latin regulare (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular.
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[edit] Noun
rule (plural rules)
- A regulation, law, guideline.
- A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Something to keep order.
- A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- A regulating principle.
- A normal condition or state of affairs.
- As a rule our senior editors are serious-minded.
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Terms derived from the noun rule
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regulation
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ruler
[edit] Verb
rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled)
- (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
- (slang, intransitive) To excel.
- This game rules!
- (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
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- (to excel): rock (also slang)
[edit] Antonyms
- (to excel): suck (vulgar slang)
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Terms derived from the verb rule
[edit] Translations
to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
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[edit] External links
- rule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rule in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
