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For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.
Joe Biden

Meaning of "rule" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RULE

From Old French riule, from Latin rēgula a straight edge.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RULE

rule  [ruːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RULE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rule is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rule in English.

WHAT DOES RULE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rule in the English dictionary

The first definition of rule in the dictionary is an authoritative regulation or direction concerning method or procedure, as for a court of law, legislative body, game, or other human institution or activity. Other definition of rule is the exercise of governmental authority or control. Rule is also the period of time in which a monarch or government has power.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RULE

PRESENT

Present
I rule
you rule
he/she/it rules
we rule
you rule
they rule
Present continuous
I am ruling
you are ruling
he/she/it is ruling
we are ruling
you are ruling
they are ruling
Present perfect
I have ruled
you have ruled
he/she/it has ruled
we have ruled
you have ruled
they have ruled
Present perfect continuous
I have been ruling
you have been ruling
he/she/it has been ruling
we have been ruling
you have been ruling
they have been ruling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I ruled
you ruled
he/she/it ruled
we ruled
you ruled
they ruled
Past continuous
I was ruling
you were ruling
he/she/it was ruling
we were ruling
you were ruling
they were ruling
Past perfect
I had ruled
you had ruled
he/she/it had ruled
we had ruled
you had ruled
they had ruled
Past perfect continuous
I had been ruling
you had been ruling
he/she/it had been ruling
we had been ruling
you had been ruling
they had been ruling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rule
you will rule
he/she/it will rule
we will rule
you will rule
they will rule
Future continuous
I will be ruling
you will be ruling
he/she/it will be ruling
we will be ruling
you will be ruling
they will be ruling
Future perfect
I will have ruled
you will have ruled
he/she/it will have ruled
we will have ruled
you will have ruled
they will have ruled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ruling
you will have been ruling
he/she/it will have been ruling
we will have been ruling
you will have been ruling
they will have been ruling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rule
you would rule
he/she/it would rule
we would rule
you would rule
they would rule
Conditional continuous
I would be ruling
you would be ruling
he/she/it would be ruling
we would be ruling
you would be ruling
they would be ruling
Conditional perfect
I would have rule
you would have rule
he/she/it would have rule
we would have rule
you would have rule
they would have rule
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ruling
you would have been ruling
he/she/it would have been ruling
we would have been ruling
you would have been ruling
they would have been ruling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rule
we let´s rule
you rule
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rule
Past participle
ruled
Present Participle
ruling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RULE


after-school
ˈæftəskuːl
alcool
ˈælkuːl
Bul
buːl
capsule
ˈkæpsjuːl
cool
kuːl
fool
fuːl
gul
ɡuːl
Istanbul
ˌɪstænˈbuːl
Liverpool
ˈlɪvəˌpuːl
module
ˈmɒdjuːl
molecule
ˈmɒlɪˌkjuːl
pool
puːl
preschool
priːˈskuːl
schedule
ˈʃɛdjuːl
school
skuːl
stool
stuːl
tool
tuːl
tulle
tjuːl
whirlpool
ˈwɜːlˌpuːl
you´ll
juːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RULE

ruins
Ruisdael
rulable
rule book
rule of law
rule of three
rule of thumb
rule out
rule the roost
rule-of-thumb
ruled
ruleless
ruler
rulership
Rules
rulesse
ruling
ruling body
rullion
ruly

WORDS THAT END LIKE RULE

ampoule
as a rule
bascule
boule
cellule
granule
home rule
joule
minuscule
on schedule
pilule
poule
reschedule
ridicule
the rule
Thule
time capsule
tule
work-to-rule
yule

Synonyms and antonyms of rule in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RULE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rule» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rule

Translation of «rule» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RULE

Find out the translation of rule to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rule from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rule» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

规则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

regla
570 millions of speakers

English

rule
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नियम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حُكْم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правило
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

regra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিয়ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

règle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peraturan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Regel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

規則
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

규칙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aturan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quy tắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kural
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

regole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reguła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правило
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

regulă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κανόνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reël
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rule

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RULE»

The term «rule» is very widely used and occupies the 4.326 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RULE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rule» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rule» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rule

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10 QUOTES WITH «RULE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rule.
1
Gautam Adani
Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone.
2
Mortimer Adler
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
3
Lamar Alexander
I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.
4
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world. The world is ruled by brains, by justice, by morals and by fairness.
5
Penn Badgley
I couldn't date someone who didn't like dogs. There are exceptions to the rule, but I find that if someone doesn't like animals, I am a little suspicious of them.
6
Joe Biden
For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.
7
Laurent Brancowitz
I am the extreme member of the band because I never go out after the show. It's my rule.
8
Dave Brat
If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property rights and the strong rule of law and get rid of the dictators in a lot of these countries.
9
Aaron Burr
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
10
Charles Buxton
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RULE»

Discover the use of rule in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rule and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
Praise for 10x Rule "Love this book. The 10X Rule is dead on right!
Grant Cardone, 2011
2
Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-politics, Modernity
Drawing upon two decades of fieldwork in Egypt, a political scientist and ethnographer offers a sweeping critique of social science theory, arguing that we need to move beyond postmoderism to examine the fundemental constructs of the social ...
Timothy Mitchell, 2002
3
Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and ...
"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule, a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics.
Thomas Ferguson, 1995
4
Democracy and the Rule of Law
Addresses why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law.
Adam Przeworski, José María Maravall, 2003
5
The Stranger Beside Me
Tells the story of Ted Bundy, a brilliant law student executed for killing three women, who confessed to killing thirty-five others, from the perspective of the former policewoman, crime writer, and unwitting personal friend.
Ann Rule, 2008
6
Wizard's First Rule
Wizard's First Rule, the first novel by Terry Goodkind, was a phenomenon from the moment it was published by Tor Books in 1994, selling more than 100,000 copies in North America alone.
Terry Goodkind, 2010
7
Benedict's Rule: A Translation and Commentary
The Latin texts of the Rule, as published in RB 1980 (The Liturgical Press, 1981), are included. The book also has a massive bibliography of current scholarship on the Rule.
Terrence G. Kardong, 1996
8
Girls Rule-- a Very Special Book Created Especially for Girls
A collection of affirming thoughts, facts, and poems about girls.
‎2002
9
Of Rule and Revenue
Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.
Margaret Levi, 1989
10
Practice to Deceive
Unravel the tangled web woven by Russel Douglas’s murder in Practice to Deceive, the newest heart pounding true-crime tour de force from Ann Rule.
Ann Rule, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RULE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rule is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Seattle true crime writer Ann Rule dies
SEATTLE -- True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote more than 30 books, including a profile of her former co-worker, serial killer Ted Bundy, has died at age 84. «KING5.com, Jul 15»
2
Ann Rule, Author of Books on Ted Bundy (a Friend) and Other …
Ann Rule, whose 1980 study of the serial killer Ted Bundy, “The Stranger Beside Me,” set her on the road to writing dozens of best-selling true-crime books ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Volcker Bank-Risk Rule Set to Start With Little Fanfare
s chief financial officer, Marianne Lake, said last week the bank has made sufficient changes that she doesn't expect the rule “to have a direct impact on ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting …
Now, on Wednesday, the Obama administration will announce long-awaited rules designed to repair the law's unfulfilled promise and promote the kind of ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
President Obama overtime rule could raise wages for 5 million
The proposed rule would more than double the salary level under which virtually all workers qualify for overtime pay whenever they work more than 40 hours in ... «Politico, Jun 15»
6
Proposed Rule for Big Trucks Aims at Cutting Fuel Emissions
The rule, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department, is the latest in a march of pollution constraints that President ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
DOL fiduciary rule in crosshairs of new spending bill
Under the House Appropriations Committee measure, DOL would not be able to spend any funds to finalize or implement the rule. The provision is part of a ... «InvestmentNews, Jun 15»
8
Will New Overtime Rule Create—or Cost—Jobs?
The change would be a major overhaul of the rules, which last received a slight update in 2004 but have otherwise not been touched since the 1970s. It came ... «TIME, Jun 15»
9
NCAA changes shot clock to 30 seconds, makes other changes to …
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Monday approved a package of proposals and areas of focus for officials in men's basketball to improve the pace ... «NCAA.com, Jun 15»
10
Football League plans changes to black manager recruitment
The Football League is planning to introduce a version of American football's 'Rooney Rule' to boost the numbers of black managers in the game. The plans will ... «BBC Sport, Jun 15»

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