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We have spotted RULE (4 Letters) a total of 95 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with RULE and also when and where was it last seen:
Definition
• | That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket. |
• | Uniform or established course of things. |
• | Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock. |
• | Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions. |
• | Conduct in general; behavior. |
• | The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. |
• | An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. |
• | A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root. |
• | A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule. |
• | A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler. |
• | A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly. |
• | A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work. |
• | A composing rule. See under Conposing. |
• | To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. |
• | To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive. |
• | To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. |
• | To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court. |
• | To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book. |
• | To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over. |
• | To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule. |
• | To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before. |
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Preside over
- Occupy the throne
- Be in charge
- Legally determine
- Cardinal __
- Be totally awesome
- Rock in a way
- Word after golden or slide
- A do or a don't
- Hold the throne
- I ___! (shout of exultation)
- Governance
- Reign
- No phones in class e.g.
- Do a queen's job
- Be decisive
- Be the coolest
- Regulation
- Be awesome, these days
- Govern
- No running e.g
- __ of thumb
- Reign over
- Hold power
- Starting with the Banker each player in turn throws the dice e.g.
- Call the shots
- Run the show
- No shoes in the house for example
- Roll doubles to get out of jail or You do not talk about Fight Club
- Hold sway
Usage among publishers:
- USA Today: Nov 14, 2024
- Wall Street Journal: Nov 11, 2024
- USA Today: Sep 23, 2024
- Universal: Sep 6, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 23, 2024
- Universal: Jun 19, 2024
- LA Times: Jun 1, 2024
- New York Times: May 21, 2024
- Universal: May 16, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Apr 15, 2024
- New York Times: Jan 20, 2024
- New York Times: Jan 12, 2024
- USA Today: Dec 30, 2023
- USA Today: Dec 1, 2023
- USA Today: Nov 19, 2023
- Newsday: Oct 28, 2023
- New York Times: Aug 26, 2023
- Newsday: Aug 22, 2023
- Newsday: Aug 13, 2023
- LA Times: Jul 20, 2023
- USA Today: Jul 8, 2023
- LA Times: Jun 8, 2023
- Newsday: May 30, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: May 22, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 26, 2023
- Newsday: Apr 9, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 9, 2023
- USA Today: Feb 16, 2023
- New York Times: Feb 9, 2023
- Wall Street Journal: Jan 11, 2023