Synonym: administer, command, control, decree, dictate, direct, dominate, govern, guide, head, influence, instruct, lead, manage, mark off, measure, order, prevail, regulate, reign, supervise. Antonym: exception. Similar words: as a rule, ruling, schedule, molecule, on schedule, behind schedule, ahead of schedule. Meaning: [ruːl] 
n. 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 5. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct 6. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system 7. the duration of a monarch's or government's power 8. dominance or power through legal authority 9. directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted 10. any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order 11. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems 12. 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. v. 1. exercise authority over; as of nations 2. decide with authority 3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance 4. decide on and make a declaration about 5. have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac 6. mark or draw with a ruler 7. keep in check.
n. 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 5. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct 6. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system 7. the duration of a monarch's or government's power 8. dominance or power through legal authority 9. directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted 10. any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order 11. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems 12. 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. v. 1. exercise authority over; as of nations 2. decide with authority 3. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance 4. decide on and make a declaration about 5. have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac 6. mark or draw with a ruler 7. keep in check. 
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61. I'm afraid that the court might rule against us.
62. I won't rule out a June election.
63. The president imposed emergency rule following the riots.
64. Unfortunately there is an exception to every rule .
65. The Constitution did not definitively rule out divorce.
66. I don't think the rule holds in traffic court.
67. The rule is applicable to your case.
68. As a rule, hardly anybody uses this road.
69. This rule is not applicable to foreigners.
70. A slide - rule is a simple analogue computer.
71. As a rule I'm home by six.
72. Is this rule in operation yet?
73. That rule is not easily perceived.
74. They staged a rebellion against British rule in Ireland.
75. European powers no longer rule over great overseas dominions.
76. I hate paperwork as a general rule .
77. The rule has been abrogated by mutual consent.
78. He often works by rule of thumb.
79. Communist leaders struggled to rule over increasingly restive populations.
80. I shall explain the rule to the students.
81. Kenya was under colonial rule for many years.
82. There are exceptions to every rule.
83. Democratic government has now replaced military rule.
84. The 1972 act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
85. Rule a line under each answer.
86. Try not to let your heart rule your head.
87. The rule is inapplicable to this occasion.
88. What is the rule for forming plurals?
89. The new rule will be applied retrospectively.
90. They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
More similar words: as a rule, ruling, schedule, molecule, on schedule, behind schedule, ahead of schedule.