rule en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ɹʊwl] (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɻʉl/ (Northern-Ireland)
- /ɹʉːl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (Australia) audio
- /ɹɪu̯l/ (Wales)
- /ɹʉwl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɾʉl/ (Scotland)
- [ɹuːl] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
- /ɹul/ (Canada, General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɹuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɹoːl/ fool–fall merger
Etymology
From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A regulation, law, guideline.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.
All participants must adhere to the rules.
We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives.
a. 1694, John Tillotson, Of The Obligations of Christians to a Holy Life:
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(countable, uncountable) A regulating principle.
There's little can be said in 't; 'Tis against the rule of nature.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
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(uncountable) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
His stern rule the groaning land obeyed.
1725, Homer, “Book III”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:Obey them that have the rule over you.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 13:17:
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(countable, uncountable) A normal condition or state of affairs.
As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.
My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Conduct; behaviour.
This uncivil rule; she shall know of it.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- (countable, uncountable) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
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(countable, uncountable) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
a rule for extracting the cube root
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(countable, uncountable) A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
It is not right to pervert the judge by moving him to anger or envy or pity—one might as well warp a carpenter's rule before using it.
1981, Aristotle, “Rhetoric, the Counterpart of Dialectic”, in W. Rhys Roberts, Ingram Bywater, transl., Rhetoric and On Poetics, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, →OL:As we may observe in the Works of Art, a Judicious Artist will indeed use his Eye, but he will trust only to his Rule.
a. 1716, Robert South, Sermons:
- (countable, uncountable) A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| rules | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rule of lenity (Terms derived from the noun rule) · exclusionary rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · doomsday rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · plumb rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · nonrule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of order (Terms derived from the noun rule) · sine rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · mercy rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · mailbox rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Fleming's right-hand rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · self-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · transformational rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Rent's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Born's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Oddo-Harkins rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Pottery Barn rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · under the rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · unspoken rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · subrule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of four (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Newton-Cotes rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · exception that proves the rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Bayes' rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · two-second rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · L'Hôpital's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of engagement (Terms derived from the noun rule) · grandmother rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · space rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · there is an exception to every rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · as-if rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · slayer rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Geiger-Nuttall rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule joint (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulemaker (Terms derived from the noun rule) · right-hand rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule-based (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulemonger (Terms derived from the noun rule) · firefighter's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Rule 34 (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 3-3-3 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of man (Terms derived from the noun rule) · metarule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · en rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Lipinski's rule of five (Terms derived from the noun rule) · work to rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Cope's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · neck rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule utilitarianism (Terms derived from the noun rule) · inference rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of 72 (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of three (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Zaitsev's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulewriter (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Foster's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · prudent man rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · postal rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · pie rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · nasciturus rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Jordan's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · bright-line rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 621 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 180-degree rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Amish bus driver rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · three-second rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · island rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Carnot's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruleage (Terms derived from the noun rule) · prophylactic rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · divide and rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · run the rule over (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of the road (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of Colel (Terms derived from the noun rule) · one-drop rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of tincture (Terms derived from the noun rule) · chain rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · cab-rank rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · adverse interest rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 7-7-7 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of reason (Terms derived from the noun rule) · silver rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Ampère's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Haldane's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · touch-move rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 8x8 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of two (Terms derived from the noun rule) · product rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · empirical rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · boukólos rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Rule 62 (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 5-5-5 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · felony murder rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · fifty-move rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Hastert rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · phase rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · octet rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · work rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of sevens (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Byrd rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · work-to-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of thumb (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Marquis of Queensberry rules (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Miranda rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Chvorinov's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · personal rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · literal rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · m-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Robert's Rules of Order (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Dühring's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · every rule has an exception (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 20-80 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · last antecedent rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of succession (Terms derived from the noun rule) · composing rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Las Vegas rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Kasha's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · cube rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · infield fly rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · unruly (Terms derived from the noun rule) · five-second rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Rome rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · trapezium rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Markovnikov's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · selection rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Bergmann's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Lesbian rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · mischief rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · colonial rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Warnsdorff's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Durham rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · golden rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · neurule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule-follower (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of cool (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Horner's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruledom (Terms derived from the noun rule) · batter rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · plurality rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · M'Naghten rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule-of-thumb (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule set (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulebound (Terms derived from the noun rule) · flat tire rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruleful (Terms derived from the noun rule) · footrule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · lesbian rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 6-2-1 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruletaker (Terms derived from the noun rule) · looks-like-a-function rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · slide rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Simpson's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · direct rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulebook (Terms derived from the noun rule) · frame rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · l'Hôpital's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Chatham House rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · business rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of coss (Terms derived from the noun rule) · three-revert rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · zero one infinity rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Johnson's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of life (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Rapoport's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · as a rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · unwritten rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule book (Terms derived from the noun rule) · blood rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 45-degree rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · two-pizza rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ninety-ninety rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · area rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Queensberry rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · three seconds rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruleset (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 50-30-20 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Allen's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · thin skull rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulebreaking (Terms derived from the noun rule) · setting rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Mull of Kintyre rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Buckley rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · away goals rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of the shorter term (Terms derived from the noun rule) · off-side rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruleless (Terms derived from the noun rule) · home rule class (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of thirds (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rules-based order (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 3-revert rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Trouton's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · crumbling skull rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ruly (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulewriting (Terms derived from the noun rule) · trapezoidal rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · above the neck rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · n-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · mob rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Cramer's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 80-20 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · board rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Emery's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 50/30/20 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · platinum rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule nisi (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of action (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 3.5% rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 4-to-1 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Goldwater rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 7-38-55 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · house rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · precedence rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · majority rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Vegas rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulemaking (Terms derived from the noun rule) · framerule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · baseball rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Meeussen's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · white coat rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Saytseff's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · unrule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · best evidence rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · em rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · standing rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · cosine rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · power rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Hebb's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of strict construction (Terms derived from the noun rule) · formation rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · at-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · trapezoid rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Markownikoff's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulee (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Buckley's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of five (Terms derived from the noun rule) · home rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Cromwell's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of decision (Terms derived from the noun rule) · jointing rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · plain meaning rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Gougu rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rulebreaker (Terms derived from the noun rule) · two-person rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of law (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Gloger's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Wallace rule of nines (Terms derived from the noun rule) · fireman's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · offside rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Jordan rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Eddie the Eagle rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · two second rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · 68-95-99.7 rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Abegg's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ten-second rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · cardinal rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Born rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · eggshell rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule-bound (Terms derived from the noun rule) · ground rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · sliding-rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Pfizer's rule of five (Terms derived from the noun rule) · reverse one-drop rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · Thornton's rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · gag rule (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule-book (Terms derived from the noun rule) · rule of recognition (Terms derived from the noun rule) · three-episode rule (Terms derived from the noun rule)
Descendants
Holonyms
guideline · regulation · ruleset · policy · directive · process · code · law · rules of the road · rulebook
Relateds
drafter · regulator · straightforward · constraint · draft · simple · saying · unspoken · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 82. Conformity · bureaucracy · regulate · instruction · liberty · procedure · stupid · flexible · follow · norm · specific · legislator · predicate · freedom · constitutional · strict · limit · restriction · confusing · property · regent · routine · formula · legal · lawmaker · command · general · comply with · prohibition · unpredictability · basic · attribute · policy maker · limitation · administration · unwritten · government · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 613. Habit · rigid · strange · whim · principle · complicated · Madison · familiar · exception · sentence · obey · administrator · subjectivity · lawgiver · phrase · violator · silly · clear · violate · algorithm · test · clear-cut · regular · rule maker · word · criterion · rule of thumb · caprice · bureaucrat · unambiguous · characteristic · leeway · ambiguous · administer · convention · adhere [⇒ thesaurus] to
Synonyms
Translations (240)
ar قَانُون (regulation) · sa नियम (regulation) · sl pravilo (regulation) · ltg likums (regulation) · ja 統治 (the act of ruling; control) · nv bee hazʼáanii (regulation) · fi sääntö (regulation) · zza qayde (regulation) · hi दस्तूर (regulation) · uk панува́ння (the act of ruling; control) · egy wA-s-wAs (the act of ruling; control) · nn regel (regulation) · th กฎ (regulation) · lo ກົດ (regulation) · lv regula (regulation) · ky тартип (regulation) · ms peraturan (regulation) · mk владеење (the act of ruling; control) · fa-ira حُکْم (the act of ruling; control) · lt taisyklė (regulation) · la praeceptum (regulation) · pl zasada (regulation) · lo ລະບຽບ (regulation) · lv noteikums (regulation) · et valitsus (the act of ruling; control) · bn শাসন (the act of ruling; control) · tt тәртип (regulation) · fr règle (regulation) · tl panuto (regulation) · sq balltim (the act of ruling; control) · ja 規 (regulation) · vi quy luật (regulation) · sd ڪار (regulation) · cs vláda (the act of ruling; control) · be кірава́ньне (the act of ruling; control) · prs قَاعِدَه (regulation) · de Regel (a normal condition or state of affairs) · gu કાયદો (regulation) · fa-ira دَسْتور (regulation) · th นิติ (regulation) · ca norma (regulation) · mi ture (regulation) · kw rewl (regulation) · hu előírás (regulation) · fi ohje (regulation) · my နိယာမ (regulation) · ce ӏедал (regulation) · fa-ira قانون (regulation) · kpv индӧд (regulation) · hi नियम (regulation) · pap regla (regulation) · be ца́рстваванне (the act of ruling; control) · cjs чозақ (regulation) · lt valdžia (the act of ruling; control) · pl reguła (regulation) · ko 규률 (regulation) · la lēx (regulation) · cmn 統治 /统治 (the act of ruling; control) · tt кагыйдә (regulation) · mn тогтоол (regulation) · cmn 規則 /规则 (regulation) · lo ກະຕິກາ (regulation) · io regulo (regulation) · km ក្បួន (regulation) · sh prȁvilo (regulation) · ht règ (regulation) · ota قاعده (regulation) · sh пра̏вило (regulation) · ur دَسْتُور (regulation) · ja 掟 (regulation) · sh vlàdavina (the act of ruling; control) · ko 룰 (regulation) · vep sänd (regulation) · lv likums (regulation) · ky эреже (regulation) · ast regla (regulation) · gu કાનૂન (regulation) · ja 規則 (regulation) · sq rregull (regulation) · sh rȅgula (regulation) · pt regra (regulation) · crh qaide (regulation) · ang regol (regulation) · uz qoida (regulation) · la regimentum (the act of ruling; control) · da regel (regulation) · la norma (regulation) · hi कायदा (regulation) · th กติกา (regulation) · bg управле́ние (the act of ruling; control) · mnc ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ (regulation) · sh вла̀давина (the act of ruling; control) · tg дастур (regulation) · hu szabály (regulation) · ar دُسْتُور (regulation) · oc règla (regulation) · rgn régula (regulation) · cy rheol (regulation) · vi quy định (regulation) · mt regola (regulation) · la regimen (the act of ruling; control) · is regla (regulation) · cs pravidlo (regulation) · hu uralom (the act of ruling; control) · sv regel (regulation) · eu arau (regulation) · fa-ira قاعِدِه (regulation) · ml നിയന്ത്രണം (the act of ruling; control) · tg қонун (regulation) · ml നിയമം (regulation) · kk ереже (regulation) · uk пра́вило (regulation) · ko 통치 (the act of ruling; control) · ro guvernare (the act of ruling; control) · la praescrīptum (regulation) · sk vláda (the act of ruling; control) · km នីតិ (regulation) · hi क़ानून (regulation) · ko 규칙 (regulation) · km ច្បាប់ (regulation) · ar حُكُومَة (the act of ruling; control) · cmn 規律 /规律 (regulation) · hi राज (regulation) · sh ре̏гула (regulation) · vi thể lệ (regulation) · de Herrschaft (the act of ruling; control) · be пра́віла (regulation) · tk kada (regulation) · ja ルール (regulation) · lv norma (regulation) · gd riaghailt (regulation) · km បញ្ញត្តិ (regulation) · ar حُكْم (the act of ruling; control) · tg қоида (regulation) · kmr qayde (regulation) · fo regla (regulation) · la rēgula (regulation) · be праўле́нне (the act of ruling; control) · vi quy tắc (regulation) · he חוק \ חֹק (regulation) · txb pele (regulation) · tr kural (regulation) · uk царюва́ння (the act of ruling; control) · el κανόνας (regulation) · af reël (regulation) · bg пра́вило (regulation) · izh praavila (regulation) · kpv кесйӧг (regulation) · sd قاعدو (regulation) · hy կանոն (regulation) · ja 規律 (regulation) · ca regla (regulation) · pt regulamento (regulation) · ru пра́вило (regulation) · mn дүрэм (regulation) · gl regra (regulation) · gu નિયમ (regulation) · prs قَانُون (regulation) · bg госпо́дство (the act of ruling; control) · bn নিয়ম (regulation) · mi rekureihana (regulation) · pt lei (regulation) · lo ນິຕິ (regulation) · tg ҳукм (the act of ruling; control) · pau llach (regulation) · pl panowanie (the act of ruling; control) · prs دَسْتُور (regulation) · da styre (the act of ruling; control) · chk annuk (regulation) · hu alapszabály (a normal condition or state of affairs) · es regla (regulation) · kmr qanûn (regulation) · es canon (regulation) · hi क़ायदा (regulation) · mi tikanga (a normal condition or state of affairs) · th ธรรม (regulation) · hu szokás (a normal condition or state of affairs) · ru госпо́дство (the act of ruling; control) · mk правило (regulation) · hu alapeset (a normal condition or state of affairs) · ba ҡағиҙә (regulation) · hu alapelv (a normal condition or state of affairs) · uk правлі́ння (the act of ruling; control) · ml ഭരണം (the act of ruling; control) · de Vorschrift (regulation) · sw masharti (regulation) · fi valta (the act of ruling; control) · ar قَاعِدَة (regulation) · frr räigel (regulation) · th ระเบียบ (regulation) · et juhis (regulation) · ota سیاست (the act of ruling; control) · hi शासन (the act of ruling; control) · no regel (regulation) · mt ħakma (the act of ruling; control) · lv valdīšana (the act of ruling; control) · eo regulo (regulation) · my စည်းကမ်း (regulation) · be ца́рстваваньне (the act of ruling; control) · sk pravidlo (regulation) · be панава́нне (the act of ruling; control) · mnc ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ (the act of ruling; control) · be кірава́нне (the act of ruling; control) · sms šeâttmõš (regulation) · nl regel (regulation) · be панава́ньне (the act of ruling; control) · ps قاعده (regulation) · mba balaod (regulation) · fr règne (the act of ruling; control) · ur قَاعِدَہ (regulation) · hi कानून (regulation) · sv regering (the act of ruling; control) · be праўле́ньне (the act of ruling; control) · ja 決まり (regulation) · bg пра́вило (a normal condition or state of affairs) · tl tuntunin (regulation) · ka წესი (regulation) · ko 규율 (regulation) · ur قانُون (regulation) · ps قانون (regulation) · kmr rêsa (regulation) · krl siändö (regulation) · sms vuâkkõs (regulation) · lv vadlīnija (regulation) · ru правле́ние (the act of ruling; control) · tr kaide (regulation) · ms aturan (regulation) · ro regulă (regulation) · nb styre (the act of ruling; control) · az qayda (regulation) · de Regel (regulation) · or ନିୟମ (regulation) · te నియమం (regulation) · ug قائىدە (regulation) · hu uralkodás (the act of ruling; control) · bg цару́ване (the act of ruling; control) · grc κανών (regulation) · mww cai (regulation) · sl vladavina (the act of ruling; control) · it regola (regulation)