Rule

What do we mean by rule?

Governing power or its possession or use; authority. noun

The duration of such power. noun

An authoritative, prescribed direction for conduct, especially one of the regulations governing procedure in a legislative body or a regulation observed by the players in a game, sport, or contest. noun

The body of regulations prescribed by the founder of a religious order for governing the conduct of its members. noun

A usual, customary, or generalized course of action or behavior. noun

A generalized statement that describes what is true in most or all cases. noun

A standard method or procedure for solving a class of problems. noun

A court decision serving as a precedent for subsequent cases. noun

A legal doctrine or principle. noun

A court order. noun

A minor regulation or law. noun

A statute or regulation governing the court process. noun

A thin metal strip of various widths and designs, used to print borders or lines, as between columns. noun

To exercise control, dominion, or direction over; govern. intransitive verb

To have a powerful influence over; dominate. intransitive verb

A regulation, law, guideline.

A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.

A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.

A regulating principle.

The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.

A normal condition or state of affairs.

Conduct; behaviour.

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 thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

Words that are spelled similarly to rule:
rule.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rule:
thumb, benedict, applies, conquered, aggregate, dynasty, ruler, rules, ottoman, sultan, ruled, apply, rebellion, independence, empire.

Words that rhyme with rule:
school, pool, cool, tool, fuel, fool, stool, cruel, dual, ridicule, mule, vestibule, jewel, drool, tulle, minuscule, molecule, spool, yule, ghoul, joule, cesspool, whirlpool, carpool, preschool, overrule, istanbul, boule, thule, raul, high school, abdul, retool, liverpool, boole, highschool, dreul, poole, kool, old school, grammar school, sproule, goole, uncool, brule, swimming pool, tuille, skool, elementary school, public school, buhl, primary school, dule, middle school, april fool, grade school, supercool, boarding school, misrule, machine tool, tuel, jule, secondary school, saccule, bellefeuille, blackpool, buel, boulle, motor pool, raoul, dzhambul, doole, junior high school, prep school, preparatory school, juel, bulle, toole, nursery school, step stool, senior high school, graduate school, infant school, day school, home-school, sunday school, trade school, normal school, power tool, hand tool, poul, vocational school, business school, duell, comprehensive school, edge tool, reule, mccool, gram molecule, junior school.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rule:
general, british, colonial, military, golden, spanish, simple, foreign, english, direct, communist, roman, french, basic, authoritarian, indirect, turkish, absolute, universal, democratic, strict, imperial, arbitrary, muslim, following, soviet, civilian, fundamental, japanese, above, exclusionary, hard, autocratic, invariable, safe, cardinal, dutch, uniform, despotic, constitutional, self, year, usual, russian, alien, unwritten, party, ottoman, definite, hand, austrian, rigid, portuguese, persian, called, trapezoidal, rough, man.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rule:
making, thumb, based, utilitarianism, breaking, number, astigmatism, law, system, policy, genes, breakers, changes, consequentialism, application, tactics, out, sets, setting, makers, learning, base, charter, strategy, charters, systems, movement, utilitarians, cities, method, book, induction, violations, approach, accuracy, books, principle, set, provisions, powers, art, one, bill, model, extraction, double, maker, violation, lines, bases, reason, policies, adjudication, calculations, followers, amendment, ordering, gene, generation, orientation, authority, border, ofthumb, tree, governance, compliance, voting, inversion, creating, democracy, tactic, enforcement, plan, city, discovery, provision, checking, scepticism, governed, bending.

Consonant match to rule:
roll, rail, real, reel, role, roil, rile, rill, rille, raul, riel, rall, rolle, rol, rawl, reil, wrawl, ralegh, ruehl, ruhl, royle, rael, ryle, reule, ruel, rohl, rayle, rahl, rayl, raile, riehl, reul, roehl, roell, reihl, rhule, roelle, ruyle.

Words that sound like rule:
rule, rool, rul, ruel, roul, roule, reule, reul, real, roll, role, rail, reel, ral, rile, raul, rol, rel, rill, ril, rell, roil, rall, riel, rolle, rael, rull, rale, rawl, royle, roel, ryle, rle, rowl, wrawl, reil, rhyl, rele, ryl, rahl, rille, ruehl, rayl, ruhl, riehl, raal, roell, rohl, rawle, wrl, wral, cruel, drool, earl, rue, roo, irl, ru, rew, roux, erl, brule, earle, rou, raoul, rua, crool, rouche, rioux, roosh, rll, arua, ruah, erll, rouler, rhue, dreul, rouleau, ferule, reu, rhew, ruesch, rieu, ruhe, earll, rhu, ruelle, hru, reuel, gurule, rewe, irle, rouw, curule, rouille, rcl, arulo, cerule, rouleaux, rru.