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rule the school en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To substantially control a school administratively, financially, or in terms of its curriculum.
    • After Page, Dr. E. Goodenough ruled the school from 1819 to 1828. On his retirement he obtained the deanery of Wells ... 1884, George Augustus Sala with Edmund Hodgson Yates, “Westminster School”, in Temple bar, volume 71, page 504:
  2. (idiomatic) (of one or a group of students) To socially dominate a school's student population, or a major part of it (such as the girls or the boys).
    • But as Shelley was by far the cleverest of the three head boys who were there, he ruled the school. 1847, William Edward Heygate, Godfrey Davenant, page 123:

Forms

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ruling the school Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rules the school Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ruled the school Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ruled the school Tense=Past lexicographic