rule

• something regarded as a normative example
• decide with authority
• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
• dominance or power through legal authority
• decide on and make a declaration about
• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
• exercise authority over
• keep in check
• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
• prescribed guide for conduct or action
• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• the duration of a monarch´s or government´s power
• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
• 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
• have an affinity with
• mark or draw with a ruler
• That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action
• Uniform or established course of things
• Systematic method or practice
• Ordibary course of procedure
• Conduct in general
• The act of ruling
• An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit
• A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result
• A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof
• A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line
• A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly
• A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work
• A composing rule
• To control the will and actions of
• To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion
• To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule
• To require or command by rule
• To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler
• To have power or command
• To lay down and settle a rule or order of court
• To keep within a (certain) range for a time
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Arkansas
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Texas

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