Exact Match:
- rule
- 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
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
- (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"
- any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"
- prescribed guide for conduct or action
- directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"
- (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
- the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"
- keep in check; "rule one's temper"
- decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
- decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
- mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"
- have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
Synonyms:
- Aristotelian sorites,
- Goclenian sorites,
- Procrustean law,
- SOP,
- T square,
- a priori truth,
- acme,
- act,
- act on,
- administration,
- antetype,
- antitype,
- apothegm,
- appointment,
- apriorism,
- archetype,
- as a rule,
- ascendancy,
- assize,
- authority,
- authorization,
- average,
- axiom,
- balance,
- ban,
- bar,
- barometer,
- be in,
- be in force,
- be the rage,
- be the rule,
- be the thing,
- be-all and end-all,
- bear reign,
- bid,
- bill,
- biotype,
- blue ribbon,
- brevet,
- brocard,
- bull,
- bylaw,
- bypass,
- call on,
- call the shots,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- canon,
- carry authority,
- categorical syllogism,
- center,
- championship,
- charge,
- charisma,
- charm,
- check,
- chiefly,
- civil government,
- classic example,
- claws,
- clout,
- clutches,
- code,
- command,
- commandment,
- commission,
- common practice,
- commonly,
- conclude,
- condemn,
- consequence,
- control,
- convention,
- crack the whip,
- credit,
- criterion,
- customarily,
- customs,
- decide,
- declaration,
- declare,
- decorum,
- decree,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- deduce,
- deem,
- degree,
- determine,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- diktat,
- dilemma,
- direct,
- direction,
- directive,
- directorship,
- discipline,
- dismiss,
- dispensation,
- dispose,
- disposition,
- disregard,
- dominance,
- dominate,
- domination,
- domineer,
- dominion,
- doom,
- drill,
- edict,
- edictum,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- eliminate,
- eminence,
- empery,
- empire,
- enactment,
- enchantment,
- enjoin,
- enthymeme,
- epitome,
- esteem,
- etiquette,
- exclude,
- fact,
- favor,
- fiat,
- figure,
- find,
- find against,
- find for,
- first place,
- first prize,
- forbid,
- force,
- form,
- form of government,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- fugleman,
- fugler,
- fundamental,
- gather,
- gauge,
- general orders,
- general principle,
- generality,
- generally,
- genotype,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- gnome,
- golden mean,
- golden rule,
- good feeling,
- govern,
- governance,
- government,
- graduated scale,
- grip,
- guide,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- hand,
- hands,
- happy medium,
- have clout,
- have power,
- have the power,
- have the right,
- have the say,
- head up,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- highest,
- hold,
- ignore,
- imitatee,
- imperative,
- imperium,
- importance,
- in the main,
- incidental power,
- infer,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- insinuation,
- institution,
- instruct,
- instruction,
- ipse dixit,
- iron hand,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- judge,
- jurisdiction,
- jus,
- juste-milieu,
- kingship,
- law,
- law of nature,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- lead,
- leadership,
- legislation,
- leverage,
- lex,
- lordship,
- magnetism,
- mainly,
- manage,
- management,
- mandate,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- matter of course,
- maxim,
- maximum,
- mean,
- measure,
- measure off,
- measure out,
- median,
- mediocrity,
- medium,
- middle,
- middle course,
- middle ground,
- middle point,
- middle position,
- middle state,
- middle-of-the-road,
- midpoint,
- mirror,
- mitzvah,
- mode,
- model,
- modus tollens,
- moment,
- mood,
- moral,
- most,
- mostly,
- ne plus ultra,
- negate,
- new high,
- norm,
- norma,
- normal,
- normally,
- obtain,
- on the whole,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- order of nature,
- ordinance,
- ordinarily,
- ordonnance,
- original,
- overlook,
- overrule,
- oversee,
- oversight,
- pace off,
- palms,
- par,
- paradigm,
- paralogism,
- parameter,
- paramountcy,
- pass judgment,
- pass sentence,
- pattern,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- policy,
- political organization,
- polity,
- possess authority,
- postulate,
- potency,
- power,
- practice,
- precedent,
- precept,
- preclude,
- predominance,
- predominate,
- preponderance,
- preponderate,
- prescribed form,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- preside,
- preside over,
- presidency,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- prevail,
- primacy,
- principium,
- principle,
- procedure,
- proclaim,
- proclamation,
- prohibit,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce on,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- proposition,
- propriety,
- proscribe,
- prosyllogism,
- prototype,
- pseudosyllogism,
- purchase,
- quantity,
- raj,
- reading,
- readout,
- record,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulate,
- regulation,
- reign,
- report,
- representative,
- repute,
- rescript,
- resolve,
- return a verdict,
- routine,
- rubric,
- rule of deduction,
- rule off,
- rule out,
- rule over,
- ruler,
- ruling,
- run,
- say,
- say the word,
- scale,
- self-evident truth,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- sentence,
- set form,
- set off,
- settle,
- settled principle,
- sorites,
- sovereignty,
- square,
- standard,
- standard operating procedure,
- standing order,
- standing orders,
- statute,
- step off,
- straightedge,
- suasion,
- subtle influence,
- suggestion,
- superintend,
- supervise,
- supervision,
- supremacy,
- sway,
- syllogism,
- system of government,
- talons,
- tenet,
- test,
- theorem,
- top spot,
- touchstone,
- triangle,
- truism,
- truth,
- type,
- type species,
- type specimen,
- ukase,
- universal law,
- universal truth,
- upper hand,
- urtext,
- usually,
- utter a judgment,
- value,
- via media,
- wear the crown,
- wear the pants,
- weight,
- whip hand,
- wield authority,
- wield the scepter,
- working principle,
- working rule,
- yardstick,
- zenith