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ground rule en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.
  2. (idiomatic, plural-normally) The basic rules or standards; basic principles.
    • Make sure everybody knows the ground rules for the trip before they leave.
    • The apparent success of the City and South London triggered an avalanche of bills for Tube railways, and in 1892 a Joint Select Committee of Parliament set out some ground rules. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 109:

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Translations (2)

fi perussääntö (the basic rules or standards; general advice that someone must know before proceeding) · hu alapszabály (the basic rules or standards; general advice that someone must know before proceeding)