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FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain.
Arthur C. Brooks

Meaning of "ruling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RULING

ruling  [ˈruːlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RULING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ruling can act as a noun and an adjective.
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 adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RULING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ruling in the English dictionary

The first definition of ruling in the dictionary is a decision of someone in authority, such as a judge. Other definition of ruling is one or more parallel ruled lines. Ruling is also controlling or exercising authority.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RULING


appealing
əˈpiːlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
carpooling
ˈkɑːˌpuːlɪŋ
ceiling
ˈsiːlɪŋ
cooling
ˈkuːlɪŋ
darling
ˈdɑːlɪŋ
dealing
ˈdiːlɪŋ
falling
ˈfɔːlɪŋ
feeling
ˈfiːlɪŋ
freecooling
ˈfriːˌkuːlɪŋ
healing
ˈhiːlɪŋ
nonruling
ˌnɒnˈruːlɪŋ
overruling
ˌəʊvəˈruːlɪŋ
rescheduling
ˌriːˈʃɛdjuːlɪŋ
schooling
ˈskuːlɪŋ
self-ruling
ˌsɛlfˈruːlɪŋ
starling
ˈstɑːlɪŋ
sterling
ˈstɜːlɪŋ
tooling
ˈtuːlɪŋ
water-cooling
ˈwɔːtəˌkuːlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RULING

rulable
rule
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 body
rullion
ruly
rum

WORDS THAT END LIKE RULING

antifouling
biofouling
Bosman ruling
bowling
caterwauling
court ruling
cycling
debt rescheduling
dog fouling
filing
filling
handling
killing
mailing
mauling
Pauling
rolling
selling
telling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of ruling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RULING»

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

Translation of «ruling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RULING

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

Translator English - Chinese

统治的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gobernante
570 millions of speakers

English

ruling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सत्तारूढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحاكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правящая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dominante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাসক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au pouvoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keputusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herrschend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

政権を握っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통치하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngatur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầm quyền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆளும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्णयाची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yonetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

al potere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

orzekając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

правляча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de guvernământ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυβερνών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regerende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

styrande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

herskende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ruling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RULING»

The term «ruling» is very widely used and occupies the 10.760 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RULING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «RULING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ruling.
1
Louisa May Alcott
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
2
Ivo Andric
If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.
3
Arthur C. Brooks
FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about the Obama Narrative. It is the FDR Narrative on steroids. It is intended to lead to greater statism and political gain.
4
Vincent Bugliosi
The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
5
Al Capone
Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
6
John Carter
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
7
Raul Castro
In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.
8
Iris Chang
There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
9
Kenneth Clarke
I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.
10
Thomas Clarkson
When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RULING»

Discover the use of ruling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of ...
In Ruling the Root, Milton Mueller uses the theoretical framework of institutional economics to analyse the global policy and governance problems created by the assignment of Internet domain names and addresses.
Milton Mueller, 2002
2
Beyond the Ruling Class: Strategic Elites in Modern Society
This volume, which first appeared in 1963. marked" a major advance in our theoretical understanding of these elites, why they are needed, how they operate, and what effect they have on society.
Suzanne Infeld Keller, 1991
3
Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political ...
Ruling, but not governing : a logic of regime stability -- The Egyptian, Algerian, and Turkish military "enclaves" : the contours of the officers' autonomy -- The pouvoir militaire and the failure to achieve a "just mean" -- ...
Steven A. Cook, 2007
4
Ruling Suburbia: John J. McClure and the Republican Machine ...
Ruling Suburbia chronicles the history of the Republican machine that has dominated the political life of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, since 1875, and of the career of John J. McClure, who controlled the machine from 1907 until 1965.
John Morrison McLarnon, 2003
5
Ruling by Schooling Quebec: Conquest to Liberal ...
This first book since the 1950s to investigate an unusually complex period in Quebec's educational history extends the sophisticated method used in author Bruce Curtis's double-award-winning Politics of Population.
Bruce Curtis, 2012
6
Ruling Class, Ruling Culture
A study of the Australian ruling class and of how class relations are cemented culturally and psychologically.
R. W. Connell, 1977
7
RULING THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE P
Despite this ruling, the emperors also reserved to themselves the right to promote two agentes annually on any basis. The edict recognized (with what degree of irony it is impossible to tell) that in promulgating two clearly inconsistent schemes  ...
Christopher KELLY, Christopher Kelly, 2009
8
Ruling Through Education: The Politics of Schooling in the ...
Tracing the history of colonial education in the Punjab, the large province of Hindustan divided today between India and Pakistan, this book argues that the British-controlled system of colonial education in Hindustan failed well before the ...
Tim Allender, 2006
9
Ruling England, 1042-1217
'This is a splendidly fresh and clear account of the main political events in England between the Norman Conquest and King John's Magna Carta.
Richard Huscroft, 2005
10
Ruling Passion: The Erotics of Statecraft in Platonic ...
This work is a book-length study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major linked Platonic dialogues, the Georgias, Symposium, and Republic.
Waller Randy Newell, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RULING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Some Rod Blagojevich convictions tossed; wife tells him …
In a long-awaited ruling just hours earlier, a federal appeals court in Chicago threw out five of the 18 counts against Blagojevich and ordered his sentence ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Judge upholds ruling against Redskins' trademark; team to appeal
The ruling does not bar the team from using the Redskins name if it wishes. The team could even still sue for trademark infringement, but winning such a case ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide
WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
4
Dutch government ordered to cut carbon emissions in landmark ruling
Urgenda supporters celebrate at The Hague after court ruling requiring Dutch government to slash emissions. Photograph: Chantal Bekker/Urgenda. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
California Says Uber Driver Is Employee, Not a Contractor
In a ruling that fuels a long-simmering debate over some of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing technology companies and the work they are creating, the California ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
6
White House Struggles on Immigration Ruling
Monday's late-night 123-page ruling by Judge Andrew S. Hanen forced Mr. Obama to halt plans to protect millions of undocumented immigrants. White House ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
7
5 key points about the Supreme Court ruling on doctor-assisted …
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada voted unanimously on Friday to allow doctor-assisted suicide for patients suffering “grievous and ... «Toronto Star, Feb 15»
8
Missouri Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A state judge overturned Missouri's constitutional ban on gay marriage Wednesday in a ruling that immediately set off a rush among some ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
9
Judge's negligence ruling catches BP investors off guard
The ruling focuses on the “negative pressure test”, intended to check whether the Macondo well had been safely sealed with cement so the rig could detach from ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
10
Ruling on Pay Has NCAA Weighing Its Next Steps
A federal judge ruled Friday that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's ban on paying college athletes for use of their likenesses violates antitrust law. «Wall Street Journal, Aug 14»

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