Rule
//ɹuːl//
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The word "rule" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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180-degree rule 20-80 rule 3-3-3 rule 3-revert rule 3.5% rule 4-to-1 rule 5-5-5 rule 50-30-20 rule 50/30/20 rule 6-2-1 rule 621 rule 68-95-99.7 rule 7-38-55 rule 7-7-7 rule 80-20 rule 8x8 rule Abegg's rule Allen's rule Ampère's rule Bayes' rule Bergmann's rule Born rule Born's rule Buckley rule Buckley's rule Carnot's rule Chatham House rule Chvorinov's rule Cope's rule Cramer's rule Cromwell's rule Durham rule Dühring's rule Eddie the Eagle rule Emery's rule Fleming's right-hand rule Foster's rule Geiger-Nuttall rule Gloger's rule Goldwater rule Gougu rule Haldane's rule Hastert rule Hebb's rule Horner's rule Johnson's rule Jordan rule Jordan's rule Kasha's rule L'Hôpital's rule Las Vegas rule Lipinski's rule of five M'Naghten rule Markovnikov's rule Markownikoff's rule Marquis of Queensberry rules Meeussen's rule Miranda rule Mull of Kintyre rule Newton-Cotes rule Oddo-Harkins rule Pfizer's rule of five Pottery Barn rule Queensberry rule Rapoport's rule Rent's rule Robert's Rules of Order Rome rule Rule 34 Rule 62 Saytseff's rule Simpson's rule Thornton's rule Trouton's rule Vegas rule Wallace rule of nines Zaitsev's rule adverse interest rule area rule as a rule as-if rule at-rule away goals rule baseball rule batter rule best evidence rule blood rule board rule boukólos rule bright-line rule business rule cab-rank rule cardinal rule chain rule composing rule cosine rule crumbling skull rule cube rule direct rule divide and rule doomsday rule eggshell rule em rule empirical rule en rule every rule has an exception exception that proves the rule exclusionary rule felony murder rule fifty-move rule firefighter's rule fireman's rule five-second rule flat tire rule footrule forerule formation rule frame rule framerule gag rule golden rule grandmother rule ground rule home rule home rule class house rule inference rule infield fly rule interrules island rule jointing rule last antecedent rule lesbian rule literal rule looks-like-a-function rule m-rule mailbox rule majority rule mercy rule metarule misrule mob rule n-rule nasciturus rule neurule ninety-ninety rule nonrule octet rule off-side rule offside rule one-drop rule outrule overrule personal rule phase rule pie rule platinum rule plumb rule plurality rule postal rule power rule precedence rule product rule prophylactic rule prudent man rule reverse one-drop rule right-hand rule rulable rule OK rule against perpetuities rule book rule in rule joint rule nisi rule of 72 rule of Colel rule of action rule of cool rule of coss rule of decision rule of engagement rule of five rule of four rule of law rule of lenity rule of man rule of order rule of reason rule of recognition rule of sevens rule of strict construction rule of succession rule of the road rule of the shorter term rule of thirds rule of three rule of thumb rule of tincture rule of two rule off rule on rule out rule set rule the day rule the roast rule the roost rule the school rule utilitarianism rule with a rod of iron rule-based rule-book rule-bound rule-follower rule-of-thumb ruleage rulebook rulebound rulebreaker rulebreaking ruledom rulee ruleful ruleless rulemaker rulemaking rulemonger rules-based order ruleset ruletaker rulewriter rulewriting ruly run the rule over selection rule self-rule self-ruling setting rule silver rule sine rule slayer rule slide rule sliding-rule space rule standing rule subrule ten-second rule the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world there is an exception to every rule thin skull rule three seconds rule three-episode rule three-revert rule three-second rule touch-move rule transformational rule trapezium rule trapezoid rule trapezoidal rule two second rule two-person rule two-pizza rule two-second rule under the rule unrule unruly unspoken rule unwritten rule white coat rule work rule work to rule work-to-rule zero one infinity rule
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accompany ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency attach to come with command concept conception construct continuance control control decide determine direction dominance draw duration excel generalisation generality generalization go with hold back instruction interact judge keep keep back label law law of nature make up one's mind measure measuring rod measuring stick practice procedure process pronounce restrain stand out surpass
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Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 82. Conformity Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 613. Habit Madison adhere [⇒ thesaurus] to administer administration administrator algorithm ambiguous attribute basic bureaucracy bureaucrat caprice characteristic clear clear-cut command complicated comply with confusing constitutional constraint convention criterion draft drafter exception familiar flexible follow formula freedom general government instruction lawgiver lawmaker leeway legal legislator liberty limit limitation norm obey phrase policy maker predicate principle procedure prohibition property regent regular regulate regulator restriction rigid routine rule maker rule of thumb saying sentence silly simple specific straightforward strange strict stupid subjectivity test unambiguous unpredictability unspoken unwritten violate violator whim word
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ability absolute absolute must action activity agreed agreed behavior agreement almost alphabets anagram and regulations aspect authority axiom barking barking pet be behaving behaving requirement behavior behavior law brass break breakable broken can can broken classroom classroom law code column command commandment concept condition conditions control cruel decide device direction directions divide divide and do do unto does dominate domination duel establishment excel exert exert authority fair fiat follow followers foot for obeying four four alphabets game game instruction game law game thing games games sports golden golden law golden order golden something govern governing government government domination guide guideline guidelines head head kingdom in games inches instruction instruction law ironclad job judicially keeping keeping order king king action king activity king does king government kingdom kingdom task kingly kingly activity kings kings ability kings do kings governing kings government kings job kings power law law command law order law regulation laws leader leader action leaders leaders command leading legal legal norm like like law like laws line local local law lording lording over lure lure anagram made mandatory measure measure stick measurement measurement tool measuring measuring device measuring tool mob monarch monarch does monarchy monarchy presidency must name norm normative normative aspect obeyed obeying of game of law order order keeping ordinance over oversee oversee kingdom overseeing overseeing people own people pet physics plate playing playing fair policy power presidency principle regent regular regulate regulation regulation law regulations reign reign over reigning requirement restriction royal royal power ruler schools see see kingdom serving short short king simple simple law simple name simple regulation six six inches small small law something mandatory sports standard state of affairs stick stipulation straight straightedge strict strict regulations suit system tabular task technical technical law tenet tool twelve twelve inches type type law unto write yardstick
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