Meaning

6 senses

  1. (stative, transitive)To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.

    herrschen, regieren, beherrschen

    пра́витьprávitʹ, вла́ствоватьvlástvovatʹ, руководи́тьrukovodítʹ

    пра́витиprávyty, керува́тиkeruváty, урядува́тиurjaduváty

  2. (intransitive, slang, stative)To excel.

    This game rules!

    рулитьrulitʹ, тащитьtaščitʹ

  3. (intransitive)To decide judicially.

    entscheiden, urteilen

    decide with authority

  4. (transitive)To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

  5. (transitive)To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

    eine Linie ziehen, linieren

    расчертитьrasčertitʹ

  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To revel.

Examples

2004 sentences

  1. I explained the rule to him.

    Я пояснив йому правило. — menix

    ruЯ объяснил ему правило. — Aj

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  2. He explained the rules in detail.

    Він детально пояснив правила. — ascolto

    ruОн подробно объяснил правила. — marafon

    deEr erklärte die Regeln im Einzelnen. — Alois

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  3. He explained the rule to me.

    Він пояснив мені правило. — deniko

    deEr erklärte mir die Regel. — Wolf

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  4. Tom has to follow our rules.

    Том має слідувати нашим правилам. — deniko

    ruТом должен следовать нашим правилам. — marafon

    deTom muss sich an unsere Regeln halten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. The rules are about to change.

    Правила скоро зміняться. — deniko

    ruПравила вот-вот изменятся. — marafon

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over:
Русский
By meaning 3
to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over:
slang: to excel:
to mark with lines:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over:
to decide judicially:
to mark with lines:

Origin

From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“

From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.

Related to revel.

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Forms

rules, ruling, ruled, ruled
Base formrule · to rule
3rd person singularrules
Present participleruling
Past simpleruled
Past participleruled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrule
he, she, itrules

Past simpleLesson

all personsruled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ruled
he, she, ithas ruled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rule

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

23 synonyms
rockB2bangB1eatA1excelB2kickA1shineA2slapB2holdA2r.devoureat and leave no crumbsgo hardslay
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
stinkB2

Word family

12 related words
Relatedrulerruling
Derivedforerulemisruleoutruleoverrulerulablerule inrule offrule onrule outself-ruling

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • obey the rules
  • explained the rules
  • follow the rules
  • know the rules
  • broken any rules
  • rule out the
  • a rule to
  • can't rule out
  • against the rules
  • the rules are
  • all the rules
  • change the rules

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rugbyA2ruinB1rulerA1ruling

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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