Rule Definition
rule
English
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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.
Pronunciation
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.
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun
rule
Related terms
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).
Synonyms
- (to excel): rock (also slang)
Antonyms
- (to excel): suck (vulgar slang)
Derived terms
Terms derived from the verb
rule
Translations
to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over
- Arabic: حكم (ar) (Hakama)
- Catalan: manar, governar, regnar
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 治 (cmn) (zhì), 統治 (cmn), 统治 (cmn) (tǒngzhì)
- Czech: vládnout (cs)
- Dutch: regeren (nl)
- Esperanto: regi (eo)
- Finnish: säännellä (fi), hallita (fi), johtaa (fi), päättää (fi), hallita (fi), vallita (fi)
- French: gouverner (fr), régler (fr)
- German: regieren (de), beherrschen (de)
- Greek: κυβερνώ (kiverno), άρχω (arkho), εξουσιάζω (eksusiazo)
- Hungarian: szabályoz (hu), ural (hu), uralkodik (hu)
- Japanese: 統治する (ja) (tōji-suru)
- Latin: imperare (la)
- Malayalam: ഭരിയ്ക്കുക (bhariykkuka)
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- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: styre (no), regjere (no)
- Nynorsk: styre (nn), regjere (nn)
- Old English: wealdan (ang)
- Polish: rządzić (pl)
- Portuguese: reinar (pt), governar (pt)
- Russian: править (ru) (právit'), властвовать (ru) (vlástvovat'), руководить (ru) (rukovodít'), господствовать (ru) (gospódstvovat')
- Serbo-Croatian: upravljati (sh), vladati (sh), regulirati (sh)
- Spanish: mandar (es), gobernar (es)
- Swahili: sharti (sw)
- Swedish: styra (sv), regera (sv)
- Telugu: పాలించు (paaliMchu)
- Volapük: reigön (vo), guverön (vo)
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slang: to excel
External links
- rule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rule in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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