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📖 Определения и значения для слова rule

📒 a statement of what may, must or must not be done in a particular situation or when playing a game

  • She laid down strict rules for her tenants, including prompt payment of rent.
  • the rules of golf/tennis/football
  • to follow/obey a rule

📒 a statement of what is possible according to a particular system, for example the grammar of a language

  • the basic rules of grammar
  • rule for doing something What is the rule for forming plurals?
  • There are several exceptions to the rule ‘“i” before “e” except after “c”’.

📒 a statement of what you are advised to do in a particular situation

  • The first rule is to make eye contact with your interviewer.
  • Follow these few simple rules and you won't go far wrong.
  • rule for doing something There are no hard and fast rules for planning healthy meals.

📒 a habit; the normal state of things; what is true in most cases

  • He makes it a rule never to borrow money.
  • Cold winters here are the exception rather than the rule (= are rare).
  • Among her friends, casual dress and a relaxed manner are the rule.

📒 the government of a country or control of a group of people by a particular person, group or system

  • military/civilian/democratic rule
  • The 1972 Act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
  • under… rule The country was still under colonial rule.

📒 a measuring instrument with a straight edge

📒 usually but not always

  • I go to bed early as a rule.
  • As a general rule, vegetable oils are better for you than animal fats.

📒 to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation

  • Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket?

📒 people say that something is the exception that proves the rule when they are stating something that seems to be different from the normal situation, but they mean that the normal situation remains true in general

  • Most electronics companies have not done well this year, but ours is the exception that proves the rule.

📒 if somebody plays by their own rules or makes other people play by their rules, they set the conditions for doing business or having a relationship

  • If he wanted a loan he would have to play by the bank's rules.

📒 to deal fairly and honestly with people

📒 the condition in which all members of society, including its political leaders, accept the authority of the law

  • Democracy and the rule of law are yet to be firmly established in the country.

📒 a practical method of doing or measuring something, usually based on past experience rather than on exact measurement

  • As a rule of thumb, you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound of weight.

📒 the standards of behaviour that most people accept or that actually operate in a particular area of life or business

📒 to follow the rules of your job in a very strict way in order to cause delay, as a form of protest against your employer or your working conditions

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