rules


See rule

rules - noun

  • a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
  • something regarded as a normative example
  • prescribed guide for conduct or action
  • (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
  • a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
  • the duration of a monarch's or government's power
  • dominance or power through legal authority
  • directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted
  • any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
  • a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
  • (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
  • measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

    • rules - thesaurus

    convention   dominion   formula   normal   pattern   prescript   principle   regulation   ruler  

    Scrabble score for rules

    r is 1 u is 1 l is 1 e is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 5

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