rules
Meaning of rules
plural noun
- one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.
the rules of cricket
those who did break the rules would be dealt with swiftly
- control of or dominion over an area or people.
the revolution brought an end to British rule
- the normal or customary state of things.
such accidents are the exception rather than the rule
- a strip of wood or other rigid material used for measuring length or marking straight lines; a ruler.
- short for Australian Rules.
- exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people).
the region today is ruled by elected politicians
the period in which Spain ruled over Portugal
- pronounce authoritatively and legally to be the case.
an industrial tribunal ruled that he was unfairly dismissed from his job
- make parallel lines across (paper).
rule the pages horizontally and print the information within the rules.
- (of a price or a traded commodity with regard to its price) have a specified general level or strength.
in the jutes section Indus and Pak Jute ruled firm
Middle English: from Old French reule (noun), reuler (verb), from late Latin regulare, from Latin regula ‘straight stick’.
Information about rules
- The singular form of rules is: rule.
- Languages in which rules is used:
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Hyphenation of rules
rules
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- rules is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
rules synonyms
Meaning a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority:
Meaning an authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially one made by a judge:
Meaning an official or authoritative instruction:
Meaning an authoritative command or instruction:
Meaning a written law passed by Parliament, Congress, etc:
Meaning the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties:
Meaning a written law passed by a legislative body:
Meaning an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority:
Meaning a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged:
Meaning an authoritative order:
Meaning a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration:
Meaning an official order or commission to do something:
Meaning authority, especially over armed forces:
Meaning an order or principle that must be obeyed:
Meaning a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source:
Meaning an official order that has the force of law:
Meaning a formal authorization or proposition; a decree:
Meaning a public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance:
Meaning an authoritative warning or order:
Meaning a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments:
Meaning an instruction written by a medical practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with a medicine or treatment:
Meaning a condition or requirement that is specified or demanded as part of an agreement:
Meaning a thing that is needed or wanted:
Meaning a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought:
Meaning a general rule, principle, or piece of advice:
Meaning a course along which someone or something moves:
Meaning (in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law:
Meaning (especially in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries) a political manifesto or proclamation:
Meaning the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events:
Meaning the official power to make legal decisions and judgements:
Meaning political or social authority or control, especially that exercised by a government:
Meaning rule; control:
Meaning sovereignty or control:
Meaning the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office:
Meaning the management of public affairs; government:
Meaning supreme power or authority:
Meaning the state or position of being a leader:
Meaning occupation of a position of dominant power or influence:
Meaning the state or condition of being superior to all others in authority, power, or status:
Meaning the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience:
Meaning control or superiority over someone or something:
Meaning leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others:
Meaning a government, especially an authoritarian one:
Meaning the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself:
Meaning British sovereignty in India:
Meaning a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions:
Meaning an established or official way of doing something:
Meaning the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing of something:
Meaning the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions:
Meaning behaviour that is considered acceptable or polite to most members of a society:
Meaning a required or agreed level of quality or attainment:
Meaning a standard or pattern, especially of social behaviour, that is typical or expected:
Meaning the customary or correct method or procedure:
Meaning a sequence of actions regularly followed:
Meaning a thing that one does habitually:
Meaning a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up:
Meaning one's customary behaviour:
Meaning practice, as distinguished from theory:
Meaning conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority:
Meaning be in charge or command of:
Meaning have power and influence over:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning be in charge of:
Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:
Meaning manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.):
Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:
Meaning control (something, especially a business activity) by means of rules and regulations:
Meaning hold royal office; rule as monarch:
Meaning declare or announce in a formal or solemn way:
Meaning give a verdict on (someone) in a law court:
Meaning consider or declare to be true or the case:
Meaning make a formal judgement on a disputed matter:
Meaning order (something) officially:
Meaning come or bring to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration:
Meaning (of a court) officially declare to be the case:
Meaning cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature:
Meaning (of a legislative body or other formal meeting) make a decision by a formal vote:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning set up on a firm or permanent basis:
Meaning have (a belief or opinion):
Meaning declare or state solemnly or emphatically:
Anagrams of rules
lures, luser, Rusel, sluer, Ursel
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