DICTOMETER

RULES

(rule, administrar, dominio, gobierno, imperar, prescripción, regla, reglamento, forskrift, herske, lede, regel, regjering, regulering, styre, vedtekt, forskrifter, reglement, vedtekter)

1. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Regulation
   Definitions:
   • a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
   Examples:
   • It was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
   • Short haircuts were the regulation
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Convention
   • Normal
   • Pattern
   • Rule
   • Formula
   Definitions:
   • something regarded as a normative example
   Examples:
   • The convention of not naming the main character
   • Violence is the rule not the exception
   • His formula for impressing visitors
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Prescript
   Definitions:
   • prescribed guide for conduct or action
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Linguistic rule
   Definitions:
   • (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Principle
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
   Examples:
   • Their principles of composition characterized all their works
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • the duration of a monarch's or government's power
   Examples:
   • During the rule of Elizabeth
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Dominion
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • dominance or power through legal authority
   Examples:
   • France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
   • The rule of Caesar
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
   Examples:
   • He knew the rules of chess
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
   Examples:
   • The rule of St. Dominic
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Principle
    • Rule
    Definitions:
    • a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
    Examples:
    • The principle of the conservation of mass
    • The principle of jet propulsion
    • The right-hand rule for inductive fields
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Rule
    • Formula
    Definitions:
    • (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
    Examples:
    • He determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs
    • He gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Rule
    • Ruler
    Definitions:
    • 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
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Govern
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • exercise authority over
   • as of nations
   Examples:
   • Who is governing the country now?
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Decree
   Definitions:
   • decide with authority
   Examples:
   • The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Predominate
   • Dominate
   • Rule
   • Reign
   • Prevail
   Definitions:
   • be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
   Examples:
   • Money reigns supreme here
   • Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Find
   Definitions:
   • decide on and make a declaration about
   Examples:
   • Find someone guilty
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • have an affinity with
   • of signs of the zodiac
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   Definitions:
   • mark or draw with a ruler
   Examples:
   • Rule the margins
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Rule
   • Harness
   • Rein
   Definitions:
   • keep in check
   Examples:
   • Rule one's temper