rule [ ru:l] n.统治；规定；习惯
rule [ ru:l] n.裁决，裁定
as a rule 通常，一般(说来)
as a rule 通常；一般说来
as a rule 规章，规则，通常，照例
as a rule
规章，规则，通常，照例
rule [ru:l] n. 规则,规定 vt. 统治,支配
rule [ru:l] n.规则，法则，尺
法治国家 a country under the rule of law
BER Basic Encoding Rules 基本编码规则
as a rule 通常来说
See reverse for full rules and condition 详细规则条款看背页。
rules-of-thumb techniques 经验法
as a rule 通常,照例
12-day rule
12天放假规定
basic rule [Housing Loan Scheme]
基本规条〔购屋贷款计划〕
DBR [double benefits rule]
双重福利规则
double benefits rule [DBR]
双重福利规则
Committee on Rules of Procedure [Provisional Legislative Council] 议事规则委员会〔临时立法会〕
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Rules [Cap. 484] 《香港终审法院规例》〔第484章〕
""Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy"" “港人治港，高度自治”
House Rules [Provisional Legislative Council] 内务守则〔临时立法会〕
Legislative Council (Election Petition) Rules [134 of 1997] 《立法会（选举呈请）规例》〔1997年第134号〕
margin rule 相差幅度规定
Model Rules for Mutual Aid Committees 《互委会规则模板》
rule by consensus 以大多数意见为依归
rule of collective responsibility 集体负责规则
rule of confidentiality 保密规则
rule of law 法治
rules of court 法院规则
Rules of Debate [Provisional Legislative Council] 辩论规则〔临时立法会〕
Rules of Order [Provisional Legislative Council] 会议规程〔临时立法会〕
Rules of Procedure of the Provisional Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [formerly known as Standing Orders of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong] 《香港特别行政区临时立法会议事规则》〔前称《香港立法局会议常规》〕
"Rules of the High Court, the" 《高等法院规则》
Meanwhile, the numbers of people, who have access to their own cars, have risen sharply in the recent years.
同时，拥有私人轿车的人数这几年却在快速增加。 116. Moreover, many people, including drivers and cyclists, do not obey the traffic rules properly, especially at busy intersections. And this undoubtedly worsens the already grave situation.
而且，许多人，包括司机和骑自行车的人，不能很好地遵守交通规则，特别是在繁忙的十字路口，这无疑使本已严重的状况雪上加霜。
bankruptcy rules 破产规定
detailed rule 细则
legal rule 法律规定
Objectivity rule 客观原则
Rule 条例，法规，规则
rule of fair trade 公平交易原则
rules for registration of company 公司注册章程
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
我把自己这点知识归因于不耻于提问，归因于常常与各种各样的人谈论那些造成了他们各自专业与行当的主题。
Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.
支配庸人们的是偏见。
Native Chinese researchers, however, have the responsibility and also the advantage to explore the general rules of Natural Language Understanding from the very perspective of Chinese Understanding.
但以汉语为母语的学者又有责任也有优势以汉语为主要对象对自然语言理解的一般规律进行研究，从而为解决人类共同的科学难题做出贡献。
He couldn't join the police because he was below the minimum height allowed by the rule.
他未能当警察，因为他身高未达到最低规定要求。
There's an exception to every rule.
每条规则都有例外。
His actions offended against the rules of proper behavior.
他的行为违背了举止得体的准则。
It is possible to make rules about English spelling, but there are so many exceptions that the rules are not always helpful.
对于英语的拼法是可以列出规律来的，但存在着许许多多不合规律的例外情况。
What he had done offended against the rules of proper behavior.
他的所作所为违背了行为举止得体的准则。
Some students complained about the rigid rules and regulations at the school.
一些学生抱怨学校苛刻的规章制度。
The company has altered some of its rules.
这公司更改了它的一些规章制度。
The recent airplane crash confirms my belief that stronger safety rules are needed.
最近的坠机事件使我更坚信我们需要更加健全的安全法规。
Deductions of points will be made if those who compete do not follow the rules.
如果选手不遵守规则将被扣分。
Since we instituted the new rule, fewer people have been late to work.
自从我们制定了新规章制度，迟到的人比以前少了。
The rules of safe driving apply to everyone.
安全驾驶的规则适用于每一个人。
He knows the rule but does not know how to apply it to his work.
他知道这条规则，但不知道如何将它运用到工作中去。
The rules apply to the management and the staff as well.
这些规则既适用于管理人员又适用于普通职工。
Are you familiar with the rules of baseball?
你熟悉棒球规则吗?
She decided to submit to the new rules.
她决定接受新的规则。
The police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
警察排除了为抢劫而杀人的动机。
It's against the rules to handle the ball in soccer.在足球中以手触球就是犯规。
“I wish I'd known about that rule earlier", she said.“我要是早点知道这个规矩就好了!”她说。
The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family, needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.
家庭就像是一个合作式的企业一样，很难制定统一的规则，因为每个家庭都需要自己的独特的解决问题的办法。
If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
研究者们认为：如果国际足球裁判组织FIFA想要在下一届世界杯比赛中提高评判水平的话，就应该远距离观察比赛，而不是冲进球场光盯着足球。
This rule cannot be applied to every case.
这项规则不是所有情况都使用。
The queen ruled her kingdom wisely.
女王英明地统治着她的王国。
It's against the rule to pick up the ball.
捡球是犯规的。
Charles ruled England for 11 years.
查理一世统治英国11年。
要遵守规则。
Follow the rules. *follow “遵守，服从(规则、命令、劝说等等)”。
Follow the rules. (要遵守规则。)
You're the one not following the rules. (你就没有遵守规则。)
Don't violate rules. (不许违反规则。)
Don't violate regulations. (不许违反章程。)
Don't break the rules. (不许破坏规则。)
有的事是行不通的。
Not everything is logical. *logical “合逻辑的”、“合乎道理的”。
Everything isn't always logical.
Not everything follows the rules of logic.
There should always be exceptions to the rule.
凡事总有例外。
A standard one. Replacement during the first year if all rules for proper use have been followed.
有一个原则，如果在一年内符合各种使用规定，就可更换。
子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。”
Confucius said, “Since the age of 15, I have devoted myself to learning; since 30, I have been well established; since 40, I have understood many things and have no longer been confused; since 50, I have known my heaven-sent duty; since 60, I have been able to distinguish right and wrong in other people’s words; and since 70, I have been able to do what I intend freely without breaking the rules.”
Custom rules the law.
习俗影响法律。
It is the general rule, that all superior men inherit the elements of superiority from their mother.
一切优秀的人通常都从他们母亲那里继承优良的因素。
Love rules his kingdom without a word.
维持爱情，不用强力。
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord.
爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。
Moderation in all things is the best of rules.
中庸之道是最好的准则。
No man can be a good ruler unless he has first been ruled.
没受过他人的统治，就不能很好地统治他人。
No rule without an exception.
没有一条规则没有例外。
Reason rules all things.
情理管万事。
The exception proves the rule.
例外能反证规律。
There is no general rule without some exception.
普遍规律必有例外。
Who holds the purse rules the house.
钱可神通。
There should always be exceptions to the rule.
凡事总有例外。
Uniform Rules for Collection 《托收统一规则》
I sometimes wonder whether the greater rule of all is --- to know how to please.
Moliere, J.B. French writer
有时候，我真的纳闷，莫非一切行为规范中最重要的一条就是学会怎样取悦于人吗
法国作家莫里哀.J.B.
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins.
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philowopher
暴君死了，他统治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。
丹麦宗教哲学家基尔克戈德.S.
Great men are the guide posts and landmarks in the state;are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer
伟人是一国的路标与界石；是那些认识到精神力量大于任何物质力量，用思想统治世界的人。
美国拳击运动员埃利斯.J.
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins.
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philowopher
暴君死了，他统治也就结束；烈士死了，他的统治刚开始。
丹麦宗教哲学家基尔克戈德.S.
Here's the rule for bargains "Do other men, for they would do you." That's the true precept.
Charles Dickens. British novelist
这里有一条交易法则：“欺骗他人，因为他们也欺骗你。”这是真正的经商之道。
英国小说家狄更斯C
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Oliver Goldsmith, British writer
法律吸吮穷人的膏血，而富人却掌握着权柄。
英国作家哥尔德斯密斯O
Rules and modesty destroy genius and art.
William Hazlitt, British essayist
规则与谦逊会毁掉天才和艺术。
英国散文家哈兹里特W
as a rule 一般说来，通常
chew someone out责骂某人；谴责某人
Follow the rules and you won't get chewed out.
遵守规定你就不会挨骂。
as a rule 通常来说
You rule!
你太牛了！
As a rule, our certificate is made out in Chinese and English.
通常证明书是用中文和英文开具的。
As a rule, our certificate is made out in Chinese and English.
通常证明书是用中文和英文开具的。
I would like to bend the rules a little if possible, but we only accept D/P if the amount is under USD2,000.
如果可以的话可以改变一下规则，但是如果金额在2000美元以下，我们只接受D/P
裁定 judge; adjudication; ruling; adjudicate
裁决 finding; arbitrament; ruling; adjudication
霸 [bà] /feudal chief/rule by force/tyrant/lord/master/hegemon/usurp/
霸道 [bà dào] /overbearing/high-handed/(of liquor, medicine, etc) strong/potent/(feudal) rule by force/
暴政 [bào zhèng] /tyranny/despotic rule/
变天 [biàn tiān] /change of weather/restoration of reactionary rule/
裁定 [cái dìng] /ruling/
裁决 [cái jué] /ruling/adjudication/
操法 [cāo fǎ] /drill rules/
程 [chéng] /rule/order/regulations/formula/journey/procedure/sequence/a surname/
尺子 [chǐ zi ] /rule/ruler (measuring instrument)/
法则 [fǎ zé] /(n) law; rule; code/
法治 [fǎ zhì] /rule by law/
格 [gé] /frame/rule/
觚 [gū] /goblet/rule/law/
规 [guī] /compass/rule/
规程 [guī chéng] /rules/regulations/
规矩 [guī ju ] /rule/custom/well-behaved/
规则 [guī zé] /rule/regulation/rules and regulations/
规章 [guī zhāng] /rule/regulation/
矩 [jǔ] /carpenter's square/rule/
科 [kē] /branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes, etc.)/to fine somebody/
科学执政 [kē xué zhí zhèng] /rule of science/
例 [lì] /example/precedent/rule/case/instance/
明文 [míng wén] /(laws, rules, etc) state in writing/
排除 [pái chú] /exclude/rule out/
人民行动党 [rén mín xíng dòng dǎng] /People's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore)/
天下 [tiān xià] /land under heaven/rule/domination/
条例 [tiáo lì] /regulations/rules/
统治 [tǒng zhì] /(political) rule (over)/to rule/to dominate/rule/domination/
违章 [wēi zhāng] /to break the rules/to violate regulations/
违例 [wéi lì] /to break the rules/
须知 [xū zhī] /(n) preliminary instructions; rules that must be known before starting sth/
彝 [yí] /normal nature of man/rule/
尹 [yǐn] /(surname)/to rule/
宰 [zǎi] /slaughter/butcher/govern/rule/official/
宰制 [zǎi zhì] /rule/dominate/
则 [zé] /(expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause)/standard/norm/rule/to imitate/to follow/then/principle/
章程 [zhāng chéng] /(n) written rules, regulations/
照例 [zhào lì] /as a rule/as usual/usually/
直通车 [zhí tōng chē] /"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)/
执政党 [zhí zhèng dǎng] /ruling party/the party in power/
治 [zhì] /to rule/to govern/to manage/to control/to harness (a river)/cure/treatment/to heal/
主宰 [zhǔ zǎi] /dominate/rule/
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing."
18世纪政治家埃德蒙·柏克曾说过类似这样的话，“一个被误导的事业如果要成功，它惟一需要的是好人无所作为”。
One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究，因为有这样一种理论说，动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of "double effect, "a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects — a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen — is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.
尽管裁决认为，宪法没有赋予医生帮助病人自杀的权利，然而最高法庭实际上却认可了医疗界的“双效”原则，这个存在了好几个世纪的道德原则认为，如果某种行为具有双重效果（希望达到的好效果和可以预见得到的坏效果），那么，只要行为实施只是想达到好的效果，这个行为就是可以允许的。
Just three weeks before the Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life.
就在最高法庭对医助自杀进行裁决的前三周，全国科学学会公布了一份长达两卷的报告——临近死亡：完善临终护理。
It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of "ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying" as the twin problems of end-of-life care.
报告指出了医院临终关怀护理中存在的两个问题：对病痛处理不力和大胆使用“无效而强制性的医疗程序，这些程序可能会延长死亡期，甚至会让死亡期难堪”。
No clear-cut distinction can be drawn between professionals and amateurs in science: exceptions can be found to any rule.
在科学领域内，专业与业余之间没有绝对的区分：任何规律都有其例外。
Nevertheless, the word "amateur" does carry a connotation that the person concerned is not fully integrated into the scientific community and, in particular, may not fully share its values.
但是“业余”这个词的确具有特殊的含义，那就是所指的那个人没有完全融入某个科学家群体，具体地说，他可能并不完全认同这个群体的价值观。
While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.
虽然日本的教育因强调基础知识而经常受到外国人的赞扬，但是它往往强调考试和机械学习，而不重视创造性和自我表现。
"Those things that do not show up in the test scores — personality, ability, courage or humanity are completely ignored," says Toshiki Kaifu, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's education committee.
“在考分中得不到体现的那些东西——个性、能力、勇气或人性——完全被忽视，”执政的自民党教育委员会主席Toshiki Kaifu说，
"Frustration against this kind of thing leads kids to drop out and run wild."
“对这类事情灰心丧气，致使孩子辍学、放荡不羁。”
{adj: Elizabethan} of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen
"Elizabethan music"
{adj: Nordic} relating to Germany and Scandinavia
"Hitler wanted Nordic people to rule Europe"
{adj: Qatari, Katari} of or concerning Qatar
"the Qatari ruling family"
"Qatari oil wells"
{adj: Victorian} of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
"Victorian morals"
{adj: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible} inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
"ancestral home"
"ancestral lore"
"hereditary monarchy"
"patrimonial estate"
"transmissible tradition"
{adj: arbitrary} based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
"an arbitrary decision"
"the arbitrary rule of a dictator"
"an arbitrary penalty"
"of arbitrary size and shape"
"an arbitrary choice"
"arbitrary division of the group into halves"
<-> nonarbitrary
{adj: authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical} characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"an authoritarian regime"
"autocratic government"
"despotic rulers"
"a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"
"a tyrannical government"
{adj: below the belt} disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing)
"her accusations were below the belt"
{adj: brash, cheeky, nervy} offensively bold
"a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"
"a nervy thing to say"
{adj: broad, unspecific} not detailed or specific
"a broad rule"
"the broad outlines of the plan"
"felt an unspecific dread"
{adj: canonic, canonical, sanctioned} conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
"the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
{adj: canonist} pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"
{adj: cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal} serving as an essential component
"a cardinal rule"
"the central cause of the problem"
"an example that was fundamental to the argument"
"computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
{adj: cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike} violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"
"used foul means to gain power"
"a nasty unsporting serve"
"fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
{adj: compulsory, mandatory, required} required by rule
"in most schools physical education is compulsory"
"attendance is mandatory"
"required reading"
{adj: conformist} marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
"underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"
<-> nonconformist
{adj: contrapuntal} relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint
"contrapuntal base"
{adj: definable} capable of being defined, limited, or explained
"definable terms"
"definable rules"
{adj: despotic} ruled by or characteristic of a despot
"moved from a feudal to a despotic order"
"his administration was arrogant and despotic"
{adj: determinate} precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
"a determinate distance"
"a determinate number"
"determinate variations in animals"
<-> indeterminate
{adj: disciplined} obeying the rules
{adj: disqualified} barred from competition for violation of rules
"a disqualified player"
{adj: disqualified} disqualified by law or rule or provision
{adj: distrustful} having or showing distrust
"a man of distrustful nature"
"my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo
"vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
<-> trustful
{adj: dominated} controlled or ruled by superior authority or power
{adj: easy, lenient} not strict
"an easy teacher"
"easy standards"
"lenient rules"
"an easy penalty"
{adj: extensile, extensible} capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
"an extensile tongue"
"an extensible measuring rule"
<-> nonextensile
{adj: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy} disinclined to work or exertion
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"
"an indolent hanger-on"
"too lazy to wash the dishes"
"shiftless idle youth"
"slothful employees"
"the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
{adj: fair, just} free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules
"a fair referee"
"fair deal"
"on a fair footing"
"a fair fight"
"by fair means or foul"
<-> unfair
{adj: flowery, ornate} marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
"a flowery speech"
"ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
{adj: freewheeling} free of restraints or rules
"freewheeling foolishness"
"the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"
{adj: general} applying to all or most members of a category or group
"the general public"
"general assistance"
"a general rule"
"in general terms"
"comprehensible to the general reader"
<-> specific
{adj: go-as-you-please} not bound by rule or law or convention
"bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm"- George Saintsbury
{adj: governing} responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws
"governing bodies"
{adj: grammatical, grammatic} of or pertaining to grammar
"the grammatic structure of a sentence"
"grammatical rules"
"grammatical gender"
{adj: grammatical, well-formed} conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
"spoke in grammatical sentences"
<-> ungrammatical
{adj: hard-and-fast, strict} (of rules) stringently enforced
"hard-and-fast rules"
{adj: illegal} prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
"an illegal chess move"
<-> legal
{adj: imposed} set forth authoritatively as obligatory
"the imposed taxation"
"rules imposed by society"
{adj: inapplicable, unsuitable} not capable of being applied
"rules inapplicable to day students"
{adj: ineligible} prohibited by official rules
"an ineligible pass receiver"
{adj: invariable} not liable to or capable of change
"an invariable temperature"
"an invariable rule"
"his invariable courtesy"
<-> variable
{adj: ironclad, brassbound} inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
"brassbound traditions"
"brassbound party loyalists"
"an ironclad rule"
{adj: irregular} contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
"irregular hiring practices"
<-> regular
{adj: law-abiding, observant} (of individuals) adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs
"law-abiding citizens"
"observant of the speed limit"
{adj: lawful, orderly, rule-governed} according to custom or rule or natural law
{adj: legal} allowed by official rules
"a legal pass receiver"
{adj: legal} established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
<-> illegal
{adj: mathematical} of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics
"a mathematical textbook"
"slide rules and other mathematical instruments"
"a mathematical solution to a problem"
"mathematical proof"
{adj: meticulous, punctilious} marked by precise accordance with details
"meticulous research"
"punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
{adj: monarchal, monarchical, monarchic} ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
"monarchal government"
"monarchical systems"
{adj: neat, refined, tasteful} free from what is tawdry or unbecoming
"a neat style"
"a neat set of rules"
"she hated to have her neat plans upset"
{adj: nonmandatory, nonobligatory} not required by rule or law
{adj: offending} offending against or breaking a law or rule
"contracts offending against the statute were canceled"
<-> unoffending
{adj: ordered} having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
"an ordered sequence"
<-> disordered
{adj: parliamentary} in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or deliberative assembly
"parliamentary law"
{adj: patriarchic} (of societies) being ruled by or having descent traced through the male line
{adj: patrician} of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
<-> plebeian, proletarian
{adj: permissible, allowable} that may be permitted especially as according to rule
"permissible behavior in school"
"a permissible tax deduction"
<-> impermissible
{adj: prescribed} set down as a rule or guide
{adj: prescriptive, normative} pertaining to giving directives or rules
"prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"
<-> descriptive
{adj: priest-ridden} ruled by or oppressed by a priest
{adj: privileged} not subject to usual rules or penalties
"a privileged statement"
{adj: red} red with or characterized by blood
"waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare
"The Red Badge of Courage"
"the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears
{adj: regnant, reigning, ruling} exercising power or authority
{adj: regulated} controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law
"well regulated industries"
"houses with regulated temperature"
<-> unregulated
{adj: regulative, regulatory} restricting according to rules or principles
"a regulatory gene"
{adj: religious} extremely scrupulous and conscientious
"religious in observing the rules of health"
{adj: rigorous, stringent, tight} demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
"rigorous discipline"
"tight security"
"stringent safety measures"
{adj: rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled} characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
"a rough-and-tumble fight"
"rough-and-tumble politics"
"undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"
{adj: ruled} subject to a ruling authority
"the ruled mass"
{adj: same} closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree
"curtains the same color as the walls"
"two girls of the same age"
"mother and son have the same blue eyes"
"animals of the same species"
"the same rules as before"
"two boxes having the same dimensions"
"the same day next year"
<-> different
{adj: slavish, subservient, submissive} abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
"a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams
"she has become submissive and subservient"
{adj: specific} (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
"rules with specific application"
"demands specific to the job"
"a specific and detailed account of the accident"
<-> general, nonspecific
{adj: substantive, essential} defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
"substantive law"
<-> adjective
{adj: syntactic, syntactical} of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax
"the syntactic rules of a language"
{adj: unalterable, inalterable} not capable of being changed or altered
"unalterable resolve"
"an unalterable ground rule"
<-> alterable
{adj: unappealable} not subject to appeal
"the judge's ruling was handed down in a preliminary hearing rather than a trial and was therefore unappealable"
<-> appealable
{adj: unconventional} not conforming to accepted rules or standards
"her unconventional dress and hair style"
<-> conventional
{adj: ungrammatical, ill-formed} not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage
<-> grammatical
{adj: unregulated} not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline
"unregulated off-shore fishing"
<-> regulated
{adj: unwieldy} difficult to work or manipulate
"unwieldy rules and regulations"
{adj: violable} capable of being violated
"a violable rule"
"a violable contract"
<-> inviolable
{adv: actually, in reality} used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
"you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"
"she actually spoke Latin"
"they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"
"people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"
{adv: autocratically} in an autocratic manner
"the Czars ruled Russia autocratically"
{adv: by and large, generally, more often than not, mostly} usually; as a rule
"by and large it doesn't rain much here"
{adv: constitutionally} according to the constitution
"this was constitutionally ruled out"
<-> unconstitutionally
{adv: criminally} in violation of the law; in a criminal manner
"the alterations in the document were ruled to be criminally fraudulent"
{adv: fairly, fair, clean} in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
"they played fairly"
<-> unfairly
{adv: fifthly} in the fifth place
"fifthly, we must adhere to the rules set by the local government"
{adv: obligatorily} in an obligatory manner
"this rule applies obligatorily"
<-> optionally
{adv: optionally} in an optional manner
"this rule is applied optionally"
<-> obligatorily
{adv: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly} in the recent past
"he was in Paris recently"
"lately the rules have been enforced"
"as late as yesterday she was fine"
"feeling better of late"
"the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"
{adv: sourly} in a sour manner
"he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers"
{n: Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola} Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
{n: Antichrist} (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ
{n: Augustinian order} any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine
{n: Bakke decision} a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
{n: Bolivar, Simon Bolivar, El Libertador} Venezuelan statesman who led the revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule; founded Bolivia in 1825 (1783-1830)
{n: Bourbon, Bourbon dynasty} a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily
{n: Bourbon} a member of the European royal family that ruled France
{n: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta} a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
{n: Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kampuchea} a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946
{n: Capetian dynasty} a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328
{n: Carolingian dynasty, Carlovingian dynasty} a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987
{n: Chabad, Chabad Hasidism} a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement
{n: Egyptian Empire, Egypt} an ancient empire west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament
{n: Ferdinand, King Ferdinand, Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the Catholic} the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
{n: Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, General Franco} Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
{n: GIGO} (computer science) a rule stating that the quality of the output is a function of the quality of the input; put garbage in and you get garbage out
{n: Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi} political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)
{n: Glendower, Owen Glendower} Welsh chieftain who led a revolt against Henry IV's rule in Wales (1359-1416)
{n: Gog and Magog} biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world
"in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan"
{n: Golden Rule} a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount
"Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12)
{n: Haganah} the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israel defense force
{n: Han, Han dynasty} imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy
{n: Henry, Patrick Henry} a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
{n: Highway Code} the code of rules governing the use of public roads
{n: Hohenzollern empire, Second Reich} the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919)
{n: Hohenzollern} a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia
{n: Houyhnhnms} a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
{n: Houyhnhnm} one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift
{n: Kamasutra} (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law
{n: Kamehameha I, Kamehameha the Great} Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819)
{n: Kassite, Cassite} a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
{n: Khedive} one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
{n: Kuomintang, Guomindang} the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan
{n: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, LET, Army of the Pure, Army of the Righteous} the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
"Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"
{n: Liao, Liao dynasty} the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125
{n: Mary II} Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694)
{n: Medici} aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
{n: Miranda rule} the rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer)
{n: Mogul, Moghul} a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
{n: Mosaic law, Law of Moses} the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament (in Judaism these books are called the Torah)
{n: Naegele's rule} rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date
{n: Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru} Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule; was the first prime minister of the Republic of India from 1947 to 1964 (1889-1964)
{n: Nergal} (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead
{n: Nero, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus} Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
{n: Osman I, Othman I} the conqueror of Turkey who founded the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman dynasty that ruled Turkey after the 13th century; conquered most of Asia Minor and assumed the title of emir in 1299 (1259-1326)
{n: Ottoman, Ottoman dynasty} the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
{n: Palatinate, Pfalz} a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine
{n: Panini} Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)
{n: Ptolemy, Ptolemaic dynasty} an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra
{n: Qing, Qing dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu dynasty} the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu
{n: Quechua, Kechua} a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire
{n: Revolutionary People's Struggle, ELA} an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States
{n: Robert's Rules of Order} a book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions
{n: Robert, Henry M. Robert, Henry Martyn Robert} United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
{n: Roman Empire} an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome
{n: Romanov, Romanoff} a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia
{n: Romanov, Romanoff} the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917
{n: Satyagraha} the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
{n: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha} the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I
{n: Seljuk} any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders
{n: Shang, Shang dynasty} the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC
{n: Stuart} a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
{n: Stuart} the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
{n: Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney} United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864)
{n: Titan} (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
{n: Tuatha De Danann, Tuatha De} race of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age
{n: Tudor, House of Tudor} an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603)
{n: Tudor} a member of the dynasty that ruled England
{n: Vargas, Getulio Dornelles Vargas} Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954)
{n: Vespasian, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus} Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79)
{n: War of Greek Independence} the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
{n: Wei, Wei dynasty} any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556
{n: Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold Weismann} German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics; his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (1834-1914)
{n: World Trade Organization, WTO} an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade
{n: Young Turk} a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule
{n: abbey} a convent ruled by an abbess
{n: abbey} a monastery ruled by an abbot
{n: abnormality, irregularity} behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
{n: adequacy, adequateness} the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
<-> inadequacy
{n: administrative law} the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
{n: al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Islamic Group} a terrorist organization of militant Islamists organized into tiny cells of extreme fundamentalists; emerged during the 1970s mainly in Egyptian jails
"al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya uses force to push Egyptian society toward Islamic rule"
{n: algorithm, algorithmic rule, algorithmic program} a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
{n: anomaly, anomalousness} deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
{n: apocalypse} a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
{n: appanage, apanage} a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
"bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
{n: archduchess} a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria
{n: archduke} a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria
{n: best evidence rule} a rule of evidence requiring that to prove the content of a writing or recording or photograph the original is required
{n: bevel, bevel square} a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
{n: board rule} a measure used in computing board feet
{n: book, rule book} a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
"they run things by the book around here"
{n: book} a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
{n: boolean operation, binary operation, binary arithmetic operation} an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values
{n: burgrave} a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right
{n: bylaw, bye law} a rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs
{n: canon} a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
"the neoclassical canon"
"canons of polite society"
{n: capriccio} an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
{n: carpenter's rule} a rule used by a carpenter
{n: chess, chess game} a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
{n: church-state} a state ruled by religious authority
{n: closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law} a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
{n: code, codification} a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
{n: contempt of court} disrespect for the rules of a court of law
{n: convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula} something regarded as a normative example
"the convention of not naming the main character"
"violence is the rule not the exception"
"his formula for impressing visitors"
{n: criminal record, record} a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted
"he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"
"the prostitute had a record a mile long"
{n: cy pres, rule of cy pres, cy pres doctrine} a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible
{n: dictate} an authoritative rule
{n: dictatorship, absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny} a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
{n: discipline} a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
"he quickly learned the discipline of prison routine"
"for such a plan to work requires discipline";
{n: dispensation} an exemption from some rule or obligation
{n: divine right, divine right of kings} the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes
"the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century"
{n: domain, demesne, land} territory over which rule or control is exercised
"his domain extended into Europe"
"he made it the law of the land"
{n: dominion, rule} dominance or power through legal authority
"France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"
"the rule of Caesar"
{n: dress code} a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited)
{n: due process, due process of law} (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
{n: eleventh hour, last minute} the latest possible moment
"money became available at the eleventh hour"
"at the last minute the government changed the rules"
{n: elitist} someone who believes in rule by an elite group
<-> egalitarian
{n: empire, imperium} the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
{n: estoppel} a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
{n: ethics, moral philosophy} the philosophical study of moral values and rules
{n: etiquette} rules governing socially acceptable behavior
{n: exception} an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization
"all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"
"an exception tests the rule"
{n: exclusionary rule} a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct
{n: fairness, equity} conformity with rules or standards
"the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
<-> inequity, unfairness
{n: father} a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
"the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"
"the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
{n: fatwah} (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar
"bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States"
{n: fatwa} a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
{n: fencing} the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
{n: feng shui} rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furniture
{n: finding of law, conclusion of law} a finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts
{n: foot rule} a ruler one foot long
{n: football official} an official who enforces the rules at a football game
{n: formality} compliance with formal rules
"courtroom formality"
{n: formalization, formalisation} the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
{n: foul} an act that violates of the rules of a sport
{n: fruit of the poisonous tree} a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
{n: gambling system} a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning
"he has a perfect gambling system at roulette"
{n: game} a contest with rules to determine a winner
"you need four people to play this game"
{n: generally accepted accounting practices, GAAP} a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures
{n: generative grammar} (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description
{n: golden rule} any important rule
"the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"
{n: government-in-exile} a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
{n: grammatical rule, rule of grammar} a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances
{n: grand duke} a prince who rules a territory
{n: ground rule} (baseball) a special rule (as in baseball) dealing with situations that arise due to the nature of the playing grounds
{n: guidepost, guideline, rule of thumb} a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
{n: hearsay rule} a rule that declares not admissible as evidence any statement other than that by a witness
{n: heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program} a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
{n: home plate, home base, home, plate} (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
"he ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
{n: home rule} self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government
{n: hypertext markup language, hypertext mark-up language, HTML} a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
{n: ijtihad} the endeavor of a Moslem scholar to derive a rule of divine law from the Koran and Hadith without relying on the views of other scholars; by the end of the 10th century theologians decided that debate on such matters would be closed and Muslim theology and law were frozen
"some reform-minded Islamic scholars believe that reopening ijtihad is a prerequisite for the survival of Islam"
{n: imperialism} a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
{n: infix notation} a notation for forming mathematical expressions using parentheses and governed by rules of operator precedence; operators are dispersed among the operands
{n: iron fist} rigorous or ruthless control
"she rules the office with an iron fist"
"it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions"
{n: kingdom, realm} the domain ruled by a king or queen
{n: law, jurisprudence} the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"
"the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
{n: law, natural law} a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
{n: law} legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
"there is a law against kidnapping"
{n: leader} a person who rules or guides or inspires others
{n: license, licence} excessive freedom; lack of due restraint
"when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant
"the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke
{n: license, licence} freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
{n: logic operation, logical operation} an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic
{n: majority rule, democracy} the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
{n: malik} the leader of a town or community in some parts of Asia Minor and the Indian subcontinent
"maliks rule the hinterland of Afghanistan under the protection of warlords"
{n: markup language} a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document
{n: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist} someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
{n: master race, Herrenvolk} a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others
{n: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration} the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
"the measurements were carefully done"
"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"
{n: mercantile law, commercial law, law merchant} the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
{n: metarule} a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI)
{n: meterstick, metrestick} a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters)
{n: military junta, junta} a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
{n: military law} the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel
{n: monasticism} asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
{n: morphological rule, rule of morphology} a linguistic rule for the formation of words
{n: morphology} studies of the rules for forming admissible words
{n: move} (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
{n: mujtihad} an Islamic scholar who engages in ijtihad, the effort to derive rules of divine law from Muslim sacred texts
{n: objection} (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
{n: official} someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
{n: operation} (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
"it can perform millions of operations per second"
{n: operation} the state of being in effect or being operative
"that rule is no longer in operation"
{n: opinion, ruling} the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
{n: order, monastic order} a group of person living under a religious rule
"the order of Saint Benedict"
{n: order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure} a body of rules followed by an assembly
{n: order} established customary state (especially of society)
"order ruled in the streets"
"law and order"
<-> disorder
{n: parliamentarian} an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
{n: parol evidence rule} a rule that oral evidence cannot be used to contradict the terms of a written contract
{n: pedant, bookworm, scholastic} a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
{n: penalty} (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
{n: play, child's play} activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
"Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"
{n: plumb rule} a plumb line attached to a narrow board
{n: point system} a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
{n: possession} a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
{n: prescription} directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
"I tried to follow her prescription for success"
{n: princeling} a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality
{n: principality, princedom} territory ruled by a prince
{n: principle, precept} rule of personal conduct
{n: principle, rule} a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
"their principles of composition characterized all their works"
{n: principle, rule} a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
"the principle of the conservation of mass"
"the principle of jet propulsion"
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
{n: principle} a rule or standard especially of good behavior
"a man of principle"
"he will not violate his principles"
{n: procrustean standard, procrustean rule, procrustean bed} a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
{n: protocol, communications protocol} (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
{n: regent} someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
{n: regulation, ordinance} an authoritative rule
{n: regulation, regulating} the act of controlling or directing according to rule
"fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
{n: religiousness} the quality of being extremely conscientious
"his care in observing the rules of good health amounted to a kind of religiousness"
{n: res gestae} rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule
{n: res ipsa loquitur} a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened
{n: restraint} a rule or condition that limits freedom
"legal restraints"
"restraints imposed on imports"
{n: rhetoric} study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
{n: rubric} an authoritative rule of conduct or procedure
{n: rule of evidence} (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved
{n: rule of law} a state of order in which events conform to the law
{n: rule, formula} (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
"he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"
"he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
{n: rule, linguistic rule} (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
{n: rule, prescript} prescribed guide for conduct or action
{n: rule, regulation} a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
"it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"
"short haircuts were the regulation"
{n: rule, ruler} 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
{n: ruler, swayer} a person who rules or commands
"swayer of the universe"
{n: rule} any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
"the rule of St. Dominic"
{n: rule} directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
"he knew the rules of chess"
{n: rule} the duration of a monarch's or government's power
"during the rule of Elizabeth"
{n: ruling class, people in power} the class of people exerting power or authority
{n: self-government, self-determination, self-rule} government of a political unit by its own people
{n: sentence} a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
"he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
{n: service, religious service, divine service} the act of public worship following prescribed rules
"the Sunday service"
{n: sheikdom, sheikhdom} the domain ruled by a sheik
{n: shogun} a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
{n: slide rule, slipstick} analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
{n: software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, package} (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
"the market for software is expected to expand"
<-> hardware
{n: sportsmanship} fairness in following the rules of the game
{n: spurner} a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt
"she was known as a spurner of all suitors"
"he was no spurner of rules"
{n: standard generalized markup language, SGML} (computer science) a standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents; a set of rules for using whatever markup vocabulary is adopted
{n: standing order} a rule of order permanently in force
{n: strictness, stringency} conscientious attention to rules and details
{n: strongman} a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence
"he is determined to bring down the Iraqi strongman"
{n: sultanate} country or territory ruled by a sultan
{n: sutra} a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization
{n: syntax} studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
{n: system error} an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
{n: system, system of rules} a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
"they have to operate under a system they oppose"
"that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
{n: transformation} a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure
{n: unfairness, inequity} injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards
<-> equity, fairness
{n: universal, linguistic universal} (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
{n: usurpation} wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)
"a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
{n: variance} an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
"a zoning variance"
{n: viceroy, vicereine} governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
{n: void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum} an empty area or space
"the huge desert voids"
"the emptiness of outer space"
"without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
{n: war crime} a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of war
{n: war, state of war} a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
"war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"
<-> peace
{n: work to rule} a job action in which workers cause a slowdown by doing only the minimum amount required by the rules of the workplace
{n: working principle, working rule} a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done
{v: adhere} be compatible or in accordance with
"You must adhere to the rules"
{v: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch} have an effect upon
"Will the new rules affect me?"
{v: apply, hold, go for} be pertinent or relevant or applicable
"The same laws apply to you!"
"This theory holds for all irrational numbers"
"The same rules go for everyone"
{v: bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around} avoid something unpleasant or laborious
"You cannot bypass these rules!"
{v: comply, follow, abide by} act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
"He complied with my instructions"
"You must comply or else!"
"Follow these simple rules"
"abide by the rules"
{v: conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene} go against, as of rules and laws
"He ran afould of the law"
"This behavior conflicts with our rules"
{v: conform to} observe
"conform to the rules"
<-> violate
{v: determine, set} fix conclusively or authoritatively
"set the rules"
{v: dictate} rule as a dictator
{v: disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour} put at a disadvantage ; hinder, harm
"This rule clearly disadvantages me"
<-> advantage
{v: dominate} be in control ; rule the roost
"Her husband completely dominates her"
{v: enforce, implement, apply} ensure observance of laws and rules
"Apply the rules to everyone"
{v: exempt, relieve, free} grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She exempted me from the exam"
<-> enforce
{v: extend, expand} expand the influence of
"The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
{v: foul} commit a foul ; break the rules
{v: go by} be or act in accordance with
"Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
{v: govern, rule} exercise authority over ; as of nations
"Who is governing the country now?"
{v: hold sway} be master ; reign or rule
{v: inflect} change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
{v: introduce} bring in or establish in a new place or environment
"introduce a rule"
"introduce exotic fruits"
{v: involve, affect, regard} connect closely and often incriminatingly
"This new ruling affects your business"
{v: liberalize, liberalise} make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
{v: overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse} rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
{v: overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down} cause the downfall of ; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"
{v: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify} define clearly
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
{v: preclude, rule out, close out} make impossible, especially beforehand
{v: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail} be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
"Money reigns supreme here"
"Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
{v: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern} bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage ; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"
"This town likes to regulate"
<-> deregulate
{v: relax, loosen} become less severe or strict
"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
{v: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back} go back to a previous state
"We reverted to the old rules"
{v: rule out, eliminate, reject} dismiss from consideration
"John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"
"This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
{v: rule out, rule in} include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
{v: rule, decree} decide with authority
"The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"
{v: rule, find} decide on and make a declaration about
"find someone guilty"
{v: rule, harness, rein} keep in check
"rule one's temper"
{v: rule} have an affinity with ; of signs of the zodiac
{v: rule} mark or draw with a ruler
"rule the margins"
{v: scoff, flout} treat with contemptuous disregard
"flout the rules"
{v: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain} restrict
"Tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"
{v: strike a blow} affect adversely
"The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws"
{v: style} make consistent with certain rules of style
"style a manuscript"
{v: subsume, colligate} consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
{v: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon} take the place or move into the position of
"Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
"the computer has supplanted the slide rule"
"Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
{v: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break} act in disregard of laws and rules
"offend all laws of humanity"
"violate the basic laws or human civilization"
"break a law"
{v: tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer} rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
"her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
{v: tyrannize, tyrannise, grind down} rule a country as a tyrant
{v: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ} put into service ; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
"use your head!"
"we only use Spanish at home"
"I can't make use of this tool"
"Apply a magnetic field here"
"This thinking was applied to many projects"
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