Rule (Noun)
Meaning 1
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
Prescribed guide for conduct or action.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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- The teacher enforced the school rule that all students must raise their hands to speak.
- The new policy is a rule that requires all employees to be on time for meetings.
- The club has a strict rule that prohibits members from using their phones during events.
- The government passed a new rule that limits the amount of emissions from factories.
- The referee had to apply the rule book to make a fair decision in the disputed game.
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Meaning 4
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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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 5
Dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 6
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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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 7
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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Meaning 8
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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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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- Localisation Principle
- Principle Of Liquid Displacement
- Le Chatelier's Principle
- Occam's Razor
- Localization Principle
- Le Chatelier-Braun Principle
- Naegele's Rule
- Law Of Parsimony
- Localisation
- Gestalt Law Of Organization
- Gresham's Law
- Mass-action Principle
- Localization Of Function
- Localization
- Principle Of Equivalence
- Principle Of Parsimony
- Superposition
- Mass-energy Equivalence
- Principle Of Superposition
- Le Chatelier Principle
Meaning 9
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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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 10
The duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 11
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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 12
(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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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.