- rule
- In.regulationprinciple
1) to establish, lay down, make (the) rules
2) to formulate a rule
3) to adopt a rule
4) to apply, enforce a rule
5) to obey, observe a rule
6) to break, violate a rule
7) to bend, stretch a rule
8) to rescind, revoke a rule
9) a firm, hard-and-fast, inflexible, strict rule
10) a general; ground rule; the Golden Rule
11) an exclusionary (AE); gag; parliamentary rule
12) (ling.) a deletion; rewrite; substitution rule
13) a rule against
14) a rule for
15) a rule to + inf. (it's our rule not to smoke at staff conferences)
16) a rule that + clause (they established a rule that everyone must share the expenses)
17) (to be) against, in violation of the rules
18) (misc.) the golden rule; a rule of thumb; as a rule ('generally'); the rule of law
government, reign19) to establish; extend one's rule
20) to overthrow smb.'s rule
21) benevolent; despotic; foreign; home; majority; minority; mob; popular rule
22) rule over
23) under smb.'s rule (under foreign rule)
straightedge, ruler24) a slide rule
IIv.1) (d; intr.) to rule against (the judge ruled against the plaintiff)
2) (D; intr.) to rule on (to rule on a question)
3) (D; intr.) to rule over (to rule over a country)
4) (L; subj.) the court ruled that the witness be/should be disqualified
5) (M) the judge ruled her to be out of order
6) (N; used with an adjective) the judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial
* * *[ruːl]a rule of thumbdespoticenforce a ruleextend one's ruleground rulehard-and-fastin violation of the ruleslay downmake (the) rulesobserve a ruleparliamentary ruleparliamentary rulepopular rulerevoke a rulerewritestretch a rulestrict rulesubstitution rulethe Golden Rulethe rule of lawviolate a ruleas a rule ('generally')(L; subj.) the court ruled that the witness be/should be disqualified(M) the judge ruled her to be out of order(N; used with an adjective) the judge ruled him incompetent to stand trial(ling.) a deletion(misc.) the golden rule(to be) against['regulation'] ['principle'] to establish['straightedge, ruler'] a slide rulea firma generala rule againsta rule forto adopt a ruleto applyto bendto breakto formulate a ruleto obeyto overthrow smb. 's ruleto rescindrule overan exclusionary (AE)a rule to + inf. (it's our rule not to smoke at staff conferences)(d; intr.) to rule against (the judge ruled against the plaintiff)a rule that + clause (they established a rule that everyone must share the expenses)(D; intr.) to rule on (to rule on a question)(D; intr.) to rule over (to rule over a country)under smb. 's rule (under foreign rule)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
