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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