RULE

RU ·LE 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 4 letters 🎲 Scrabble 4 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  2. something regarded as a normative example
  3. prescribed guide for conduct or action
  4. (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

💬 Examples

  • "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"
  • "short haircuts were the regulation"
  • "the convention of not naming the main character"
  • "violence is the rule not the exception"

🔗 Similar words

regulationconventionnormalpatternformulaprescript
verb
  1. exercise authority over
  2. decide with authority
  3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
  4. decide on and make a declaration about

💬 Examples

  • "as of nations"
  • "Who is governing the country now?"
  • "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
  • "Money reigns supreme here"

🔗 Similar words

governdecreepredominatedominatereignprevail
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