Noun

• S: (n) rule, regulation (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior) "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
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• S: (n) concept, conception, construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances)
• S: (n) conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality (an elaborated concept)
• S: (n) notion (a general inclusive concept)
• S: (n) category (a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme)
• S: (n) rule, regulation (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior) "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
• S: (n) property, attribute, dimension (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished) "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract (a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance) "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
• S: (n) quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
• S: (n) part, section, division (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole) "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
• S: (n) whole (all of something including all its component elements or parts) "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
• S: (n) law, natural law (a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society)
• S: (n) law, law of nature (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature) "the laws of thermodynamics"
• S: (n) lexicalized concept (a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language))
• S: (n) hypothesis, possibility, theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena) "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
• S: (n) fact (a concept whose truth can be proved) "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
• S: (n) rule, linguistic rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula (something regarded as a normative example) "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
• S: (n) rule, prescript (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
• S: (n) rule, linguistic rule ((linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice)
• S: (n) principle, rule (a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct) "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
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• S: (n) rule (the duration of a monarch's or government's power) "during the rule of Elizabeth"
• S: (n) dominion, rule (dominance or power through legal authority) "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"
• S: (n) rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted) "he knew the rules of chess"
• S: (n) rule (any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order) "the rule of St. Dominic"
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• S: (n) principle, rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system) "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
• S: (n) rule, formula ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems) "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
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• S: (n) metarule (a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI))
• S: (n) algorithm, algorithmic rule, algorithmic program (a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem)
• S: (n) heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program (a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem)
• S: (n) recursion ((mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation)
• domain category
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• S: (n) procedure, process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result) "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) rule, ruler (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)

Verb

• S: (v) govern, rule (exercise authority over; as of nations) "Who is governing the country now?"
• S: (v) rule, decree (decide with authority) "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
• S: (v) predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail (be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance) "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
• S: (v) rule, find (decide on and make a declaration about) "find someone guilty"
• S: (v) rule (have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac)
• S: (v) rule (mark or draw with a ruler) "rule the margins"
• S: (v) rule, harness, rein (keep in check) "rule one's temper"