"rule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹuːl/, /ɹɪu̯l/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-rule.ogg [US], En-us-rule.oga [US] Forms: rules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːl 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|reule}} Middle English reule, {{m|enm|rewle}} rewle, {{m|enm|rule}} rule, {{der|en|fro|riule}} Old French riule, {{m|fro|reule}} reule, {{der|en|la|regula||straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern}} Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), {{m|la|regō||to keep straight, direct, govern, rule}} regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃réǵeti||to straighten; right}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), {{m|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}} *h₃reǵ-, {{m|en|regent}} regent, {{doublet|en|rail}} Doublet of rail Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rule (countable and uncountable, plural rules)
  1. A regulation, law, guideline. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: rule Translations (regulation): reël (Afrikaans), rregull [masculine] (Albanian), κανών (kanṓn) (Ancient Greek), قَانُون (qānūn) [masculine] (Arabic), قَاعِدَة (qāʕida) [feminine] (Arabic), կանոն (kanon) (Armenian), regla [feminine] (Asturian), qayda (Azerbaijani), ҡағиҙә (qağiźə) (Bashkir), arau (Basque), пра́віла (právila) [neuter] (Belarusian), নিয়ম (niẏom) (Bengali), пра́вило (právilo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), စည်းကမ်း (cany:kam:) (Burmese), နိယာမ (ni.yama.) (Burmese), regla [feminine] (Catalan), norma [feminine] (Catalan), ӏедал (ˀedal) (Chechen), 規則 (Chinese Mandarin), 规则 (guīzé) (Chinese Mandarin), 規律 (Chinese Mandarin), 规律 (guīlǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), annuk (Chuukese), rewl [feminine] (Cornish), qaide (Crimean Tatar), pravidlo [neuter] (Czech), regel [common-gender] (Danish), regel [common-gender] (Dutch), regulo (Esperanto), juhis (Estonian), regla [feminine] (Faroese), sääntö (Finnish), ohje (Finnish), règle [feminine] (French), regra [feminine] (Galician), წესი (c̣esi) (Georgian), Regel [feminine] (German), Vorschrift [feminine] (German), κανόνας (kanónas) [masculine] (Greek), règ (Haitian Creole), חוק \ חֹק (khok) [masculine] (Hebrew), balaod (Higaonon), राज (rāj) [masculine] (Hindi), दस्तूर (dastūr) [masculine] (Hindi), नियम (niyam) [masculine] (Hindi), क़ानून (qānūn) [masculine] (Hindi), क़ायदा (qāydā) [masculine] (Hindi), कानून (kānūn) [masculine] (Hindi), कायदा (kāydā) [masculine] (Hindi), szabály (Hungarian), előírás (Hungarian), regla [feminine] (Icelandic), regulo (Ido), praavila (Ingrian), regola [masculine] (Italian), 規則 (kisoku) (alt: きそく) (Japanese), 決まり (kimari) (alt: きまり) (Japanese), (okite) (alt: おきて) (Japanese), 規律 (kiritsu) (alt: きりつ) (Japanese), ルール (rūru) (Japanese), (nori) (alt: のり) (Japanese), siändö (Karelian), ереже (ereje) (Kazakh), ក្បួន (kbuən) (Khmer), ច្បាប់ (cbap) (Khmer), នីតិ (niiteʼ) (Khmer), បញ្ញត្តិ (baññat) (Khmer), индӧд (indöd) (Komi-Zyrian), кесйӧг (kesjög) (Komi-Zyrian), 규칙 (gyuchik) (alt: 規則) (Korean), 규율 (gyuyul) (alt: 規律) (Korean), 규률 (gyuryul) (alt: 規律) [North-Korea] (Korean), (rul) (Korean), эреже (ereje) (Kyrgyz), тартип (tartip) (Kyrgyz), ກະຕິກາ (ka ti kā) (Lao), ກົດ (kot) (Lao), ນິຕິ (ni ti) (Lao), ລະບຽບ (la bīap) (Lao), likums (Latgalian), rēgula [feminine] (Latin), lēx [feminine] (Latin), norma [feminine] (Latin), praeceptum [neuter] (Latin), praescrīptum [neuter] (Latin), likums [masculine] (Latvian), noteikums [masculine] (Latvian), regula [feminine] (Latvian), vadlīnija [feminine] (Latvian), norma [feminine] (Latvian), taisyklė [feminine] (Lithuanian), правило (pravilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), aturan (Malay), peraturan (Malay), നിയമം (niyamaṁ) (Malayalam), regola [feminine] (Maltese), ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ (kooli) (Manchu), rekureihana (Maori), ture (Maori), дүрэм (dürem) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тогтоол (togtool) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bee hazʼáanii (Navajo), räigel (North Frisian), qayde (Northern Kurdish), qanûn (Northern Kurdish), rêsa (Northern Kurdish), regel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), règla [feminine] (Occitan), ନିୟମ (niyômô) (Odia), regol [masculine] (Old English), قاعده (kaʿide) (Ottoman Turkish), llach (Palauan), regla (Papiamentu), قاعده (qā'edá) [feminine] (Pashto), قانون (qānún) [masculine] (Pashto), قانون (qânun) (Persian), قاعده (qâ'ede) (Persian), reguła [feminine] (Polish), regra [feminine] (Portuguese), lei [feminine] (Portuguese), regulamento [masculine] (Portuguese), régula [feminine] (Romagnol), regulă [feminine] (Romanian), пра́вило (právilo) [neuter] (Russian), नियम (niyama) [masculine] (Sanskrit), riaghailt [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), пра̏вило [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ре̏гула [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȁvilo [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rȅgula [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), чозақ (çozaq) (Shor), قاعدو [masculine] (Sindhi), ڪار [feminine] (Sindhi), pravidlo [neuter] (Slovak), pravilo [neuter] (Slovene), regla [feminine] (Spanish), masharti (Swahili), regel [common-gender] (Swedish), panuto (Tagalog), tuntunin (Tagalog), қоида (qoyida) (Tajik), қонун (qonun) (Tajik), кагыйдә (qağıydä) (Tatar), тәртип (tärtip) (Tatar), నియమం (niyamaṁ) (Telugu), กฎ (gòt) (Thai), นิติ (ní-dtì) (Thai), กติกา (gà-dtì-gaa) (Thai), ระเบียบ (rá-bìiap) (Thai), ธรรม (tam) (Thai), pele (Tocharian B), kural (Turkish), kaide (Turkish), kada (Turkmen), пра́вило (právylo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), قاعدہ (qā'ida) (Urdu), دستور (dastūr) [masculine] (Urdu), قانون (qānūn) [masculine] (Urdu), قائىدە (qa'ide) (Uyghur), qoida (Uzbek), sänd (Veps), quy tắc (alt: 規則) (Vietnamese), quy luật (alt: 規律) (Vietnamese), rheol [feminine] (Welsh), cai (White Hmong), qayde [common-gender] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-gEREzCJZ Disambiguation of 'regulation': 56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2
  2. A regulating principle. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-sR-AB2oI
  3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of ruling; control): праўле́нне (praŭljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), кірава́нне (kiravánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), панава́нне (panavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), госпо́дство (gospódstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), управле́ние (upravlénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), wA-s-wAs (wꜣs) [masculine] (Egyptian), Herrschaft [feminine] (German), uralkodás (Hungarian), uralom (Hungarian), regimen [neuter] (Latin), ഭരണം (bharaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), നിയന്ത്രണം (niyantraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), ħakma [feminine] (Maltese), ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ (dasan) (Manchu), panowanie [neuter] (Polish), правле́ние (pravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), госпо́дство (gospódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), правлі́ння (pravlínnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), панува́ння (panuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-iBaa5rHT Disambiguation of 'the act of ruling; control': 2 1 85 2 0 3 2 1 2 1
  4. A normal condition or state of affairs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives Translations (a normal condition or state of affairs): пра́вило (právilo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Regel [feminine] (German), alapeset (Hungarian), alapszabály (Hungarian), alapelv (Hungarian), szokás (Hungarian), tikanga (Maori)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-wjFMgGEd Disambiguation of Directives: 9 3 7 16 5 7 6 1 12 6 13 0 0 4 9 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 1 15 7 4 5 1 16 10 14 1 1 7 10 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 4 3 14 6 4 5 1 17 9 15 1 1 7 9 1 1 Disambiguation of 'a normal condition or state of affairs': 1 2 1 77 3 2 2 0 9 3
  5. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-u4J4rqyP
  6. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-Q5uzfuyU Topics: law
  7. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-Apfgxa7v Topics: mathematics, sciences
  8. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-xd3otLuR
  9. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-jwgBnOX8 Disambiguation of Directives: 9 3 7 16 5 7 6 1 12 6 13 0 0 4 9 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 1 15 7 4 5 1 16 10 14 1 1 7 10 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 4 3 14 6 4 5 1 17 9 15 1 1 7 9 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 4 3 12 5 3 5 1 26 8 14 1 1 5 8 1 1
  10. (printing, dated) 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. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-2IVnwgPc Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rule Holonyms: code, law, regulation, policy, guideline, directive, rulebook, ruleset, rules of the road, process
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 180-degree rule, 20-80 rule, 3-revert rule, 4-to-1 rule, 50/30/20 rule, 50-30-20 rule, 6-2-1 rule, 621 rule, 68-95-99.7 rule, 80-20 rule, 8x8 rule, Abegg's rule, adverse interest rule, Allen's rule, Ampère's rule, area rule, as a rule, as-if rule, at-rule, away goals rule, baseball rule, batter rule, Bergmann's rule, best evidence rule, blood rule, board rule, Born rule, Born's rule, boukólos rule, bright-line rule, Buckley rule, Buckley's rule, business rule, cab-rank rule, cardinal rule, chain rule, Chatham House rule, composing rule, Cope's rule, cosine rule, Cramer's rule, Cromwell's rule, crumbling skull rule, cube rule, direct rule, divide and rule, doomsday rule, Dühring's rule, Durham rule, Eddie the Eagle rule, eggshell rule, Emery's rule, empirical rule, em rule, en rule, every rule has an exception, exception that proves the rule, exclusionary rule, felony murder rule, fifty-move rule, firefighter's rule, fireman's rule, five-second rule, flat tire rule, Fleming's right-hand rule, formation rule, Foster's rule, frame rule, gag rule, Geiger-Nuttall rule, Gloger's rule, golden rule, Goldwater rule, Gougu rule, grandmother rule, ground rule, Haldane's rule, Hastert rule, Hebb's rule, home rule, home rule class, Horner's rule, house rule, inference rule, infield fly rule, island rule, jointing rule, Jordan rule, Jordan's rule, Kasha's rule, last antecedent rule, Las Vegas rule, lesbian rule, Lesbian rule, L'Hôpital's rule, l'Hôpital's rule, Lipinski's rule of five, literal rule, looks-like-a-function rule, mailbox rule, majority rule, Markovnikov's rule, Markownikoff's rule, Meeussen's rule, mercy rule, Miranda rule, M'Naghten rule, mob rule, Mull of Kintyre rule, nasciturus rule, Newton-Cotes rule, ninety-ninety rule, octet rule, Oddo-Harkins rule, off-side rule, one-drop rule, personal rule, Pfizer's rule of five, phase rule, pie rule, platinum rule, plumb rule, plurality rule, postal rule, product rule, prophylactic rule, prudent man rule, Rapoport's rule, Rent's rule, reverse one-drop rule, right-hand rule, Rome rule, rule-based, rule-book, rule book, rule-bound, rule joint, rule nisi, rule of 72, rule of action, rule of Colel, rule of cool, rule of coss, rule of decision, rule of engagement, rule of five, rule of four, rule of law, rule of lenity, rule of man, rule of reason, rule of recognition, rule of sevens, rule of strict construction, rule of succession, rule of the road, rule of the shorter term, rule of thirds, rule of three, rule-of-thumb, rule of thumb, rule of tincture, rule of two, ruleset, rule utilitarianism, run the rule over, Saytseff's rule, selection rule, self-rule, setting rule, silver rule, Simpson's rule, sine rule, slayer rule, slide rule, sliding-rule, space rule, ten-second rule, there is an exception to every rule, thin skull rule, three-revert rule, three-second rule, three seconds rule, touch-move rule, transformational rule, trapezium rule, trapezoidal rule, trapezoid rule, Trouton's rule, two-pizza rule, two-second rule, two second rule, under the rule, unspoken rule, unwritten rule, Vegas rule, Wallace rule of nines, white coat rule, work to rule, work-to-rule, Zaitsev's rule, zero one infinity rule Related terms: regulate, regent, regular, legal rules, constitutional rule, strict rules, general rules, specific rules, basic rules, unwritten rules, unspoken rules, rigid rules, stupid rules, silly rules, principle, test, criterion, rule of thumb, saying, restriction, limitation, limit, constraint, command, prohibition, instruction, procedure, routine, convention, norm, algorithm, word, phrase, sentence, characteristic, property, attribute, predicate, formula, rigid, flexible, legal, constitutional, strict, general, specific, basic, unwritten, unspoken, stupid, silly, clear, confusing, ambiguous, unambiguous, simple, complicated, familiar, strange, clear-cut, straightforward, adhere [⇒ thesaurus] to, administer, draft, follow, obey, comply with, violate, rule maker, regulator, lawgiver, lawmaker, legislator, policy maker, administrator, bureaucrat, violator, drafter, Madison, bureaucracy, government, administration, leeway, freedom, liberty, whim, caprice, subjectivity, unpredictability, exception, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 613. Habit, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 82. Conformity

Noun

IPA: /ɹuːl/, /ɹɪu̯l/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-rule.ogg [US], En-us-rule.oga [US]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Related to revel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|revel}} revel Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} rule
  1. (obsolete) Revelry. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-rule-en-noun-27zLVLbq Disambiguation of Directives: 9 3 7 16 5 7 6 1 12 6 13 0 0 4 9 1 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 1 15 7 4 5 1 16 10 14 1 1 7 10 1 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 4 3 14 6 4 5 1 17 9 15 1 1 7 9 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rule Holonyms: code, law, regulation, policy, guideline, directive, rulebook, ruleset, rules of the road, process

Verb

IPA: /ɹuːl/, /ɹɪu̯l/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-rule.ogg [US], En-us-rule.oga [US] Forms: rules [present, singular, third-person], ruling [participle, present], ruled [participle, past], ruled [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], rule [infinitive]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reulen}} Middle English reulen, {{m|enm|rulen}} rulen, {{der|en|fro|riuler}} Old French riuler, {{der|en|la|regulāre||to regulate, rule}} Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), {{m|la|regula||a rule}} regula (“a rule”), {{m|en|regular}} regular, {{m|en|regulate}} regulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=rul}}
  1. (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. Tags: stative, transitive Translations (to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over): ἄρχω (árkhō) (Ancient Greek), κρατέω (kratéō) (Ancient Greek), ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) (Ancient Greek), حَكَمَ (ḥakama) (Arabic), حكم (ḥakam) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), իշխել (išxel) (Armenian), vãsilipsescu (Aromanian), amirãripsescu (Aromanian), dumnescu (Aromanian), idarə etmək (Azerbaijani), пра́віць (právicʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), кірава́ць (kiravácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), панава́ць (panavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), улада́рыць (uladárycʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), শাসন করা (śaśon kora) (Bengali), управля́вам (upravljávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), вла́ствувам (vlástvuvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), manar (Catalan), governar (Catalan), regnar (Catalan), (zhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 統治 (Chinese Mandarin), 统治 (tǒngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 治理 (zhìlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), vládnout [imperfective] (Czech), regeren (Dutch), (dê) (Eastern Min Chinese), HqA-q-A-Y1V (ḥqꜣ) (Egyptian), regi (Esperanto), stýra (Faroese), säännellä (Finnish), hallita (Finnish), johtaa (Finnish), päättää (Finnish), vallita (Finnish), gouverner (French), régler (French), mandar (Galician), gobernar (Galician), regieren (German), beherrschen (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (fraujinōn) (Gothic), 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (waldan) (Gothic), κυβερνώ (kyvernó) (Greek), διοικώ (dioikó) (Greek), διευθύνω (diefthýno) (Greek), מָשַׁל (mashál) (Hebrew), שָׁלַט (shalát) (Hebrew), शासन करना (śāsan karnā) (Hindi), ural (english: reign) (Hungarian), uralkodik (english: reign) (Hungarian), irányít (english: direct/control) (Hungarian), vezet (english: lead) (Hungarian), igazgat (english: administrate/manage) (Hungarian), szabályoz (english: settle/regulate) (Hungarian), stjórna (Icelandic), drottna (Icelandic), ráða (Icelandic), ríkja (Icelandic), governare (Italian), 治める (osameru) (alt: おさめる) (Japanese), 支配する (shihai suru) (alt: しはいする) (Japanese), 統治する (tōchi suru) (alt: とうちする) (Japanese), 통치하다 (tongchihada) (Korean), regō (Latin), imperō (Latin), valdīt (Latvian), управува (upravuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ഭരിയ്ക്കുക (bhariykkuka) (Malayalam), cumannà (Neapolitan), styre (Norwegian Bokmål), regjere (Norwegian Bokmål), styre (Norwegian Nynorsk), regjere (Norwegian Nynorsk), reglar (Occitan), wealdan (Old English), 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-) (Old Turkic), rządzić [imperfective] (Polish), panować [imperfective] (Polish), reinar (Portuguese), governar (Portuguese), domni (Romanian), пра́вить (právitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вла́ствовать (vlástvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), управля́ть (upravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), राष्टि (rāṣṭi) (Sanskrit), у̀прављати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), вла́дати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), регули́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ùpravljati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vládati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), regulírati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ဢုပ်ႉပိူင်ႇ (ʼṵ̂p pòeng) (Shan), vládnuť [imperfective] (Slovak), vlādati [imperfective] (Slovene), mandar (Spanish), gobernar (Spanish), sharti (Swahili), styra (Swedish), regera (Swedish), härska (Swedish), పాలించు (pāliñcu) (Telugu), 𐎎𐎍𐎋 (mlk) (Ugaritic), пра́вити (právyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), керува́ти (keruváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), урядува́ти (urjaduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), управля́ти (upravljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), панува́ти (panuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), владарюва́ти (vladarjuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), reigön (Volapük), guverön (Volapük), קעניגן (kenign) (Yiddish), הערשן (hershn) (Yiddish), געוועלטיקן (geveltikn) (Yiddish), hakem [masculine] (Zazaki), hakim [feminine] (Zazaki), soretger [feminine] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-pRx8UKjf Disambiguation of 'to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over': 94 1 2 3 1
  2. (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel. Tags: intransitive, slang, stative Synonyms (to excel): rock [also, slang] Translations (slang: to excel): rulettaa (Finnish), ასწორებს (asc̣orebs) (Georgian), a legjobb (Hungarian), a csúcs (Hungarian), a király (Hungarian), rullēt (Latvian), wymiatać [imperfective] (Polish), molar (Spanish), äga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-bLHXx0MW Disambiguation of 'to excel': 1 96 1 1 2 Disambiguation of 'slang: to excel': 1 95 1 2 2
  3. (intransitive) To decide judicially. Tags: intransitive Translations (to decide judicially): постановявам (postanovjavam) (Bulgarian), entscheiden (German), urteilen (German), dönt (Hungarian), sentenziare (Italian), wydać orzeczenie [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-en:decide_judicially Disambiguation of 'to decide judicially': 2 1 89 7 1
  4. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-RLFHxbtj Categories (other): Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Eastern Min terms with redundant transliterations: 6 5 36 47 6 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 5 3 38 50 4
  5. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines). Tags: transitive Translations (to mark with lines): разграфявам (razgrafjavam) (Bulgarian), разчертавам (razčertavam) (Bulgarian), graduer (French), χαρακώνω (charakóno) (Greek), vonalaz (Hungarian), megvonalaz (Hungarian), lineizar (Ido), sagrafēt (Latvian), savilkt līnijas (Latvian)
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-3OiCkrwP Disambiguation of 'to mark with lines': 6 6 4 7 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ɹuːl/, /ɹɪu̯l/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-rule.ogg [US], En-us-rule.oga [US] Forms: rules [present, singular, third-person], ruling [participle, present], ruled [participle, past], ruled [past]
Rhymes: -uːl Etymology: Related to revel. Etymology templates: {{m|en|revel}} revel Head templates: {{en-verb}} rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To revel. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-rule-en-verb-E3V-OWdw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "180-degree rule"
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      "word": "20-80 rule"
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      "word": "3-revert rule"
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      "word": "4-to-1 rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "50/30/20 rule"
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      "word": "50-30-20 rule"
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      "word": "6-2-1 rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "621 rule"
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      "word": "68-95-99.7 rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "80-20 rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "8x8 rule"
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      "word": "Abegg's rule"
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      "word": "adverse interest rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Allen's rule"
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      "word": "Ampère's rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "area rule"
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      "word": "as a rule"
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      "word": "as-if rule"
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      "word": "at-rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "away goals rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "baseball rule"
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      "word": "batter rule"
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      "word": "Bergmann's rule"
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      "word": "best evidence rule"
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      "word": "blood rule"
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      "word": "board rule"
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      "word": "Born rule"
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      "word": "Born's rule"
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      "word": "boukólos rule"
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      "word": "bright-line rule"
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      "word": "Buckley rule"
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      "word": "Buckley's rule"
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      "word": "business rule"
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      "word": "cab-rank rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cardinal rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chain rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Chatham House rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "composing rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Cope's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cosine rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Cramer's rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Cromwell's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crumbling skull rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cube rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "direct rule"
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      "word": "divide and rule"
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      "word": "doomsday rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Dühring's rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Durham rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Eddie the Eagle rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eggshell rule"
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    {
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      "word": "Emery's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "empirical rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "em rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "en rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "every rule has an exception"
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      "word": "exception that proves the rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "exclusionary rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "felony murder rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fifty-move rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "firefighter's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fireman's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "five-second rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "flat tire rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Fleming's right-hand rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "formation rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Foster's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "frame rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gag rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Geiger-Nuttall rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Gloger's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "golden rule"
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    {
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      "word": "Goldwater rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Gougu rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grandmother rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ground rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Haldane's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Hastert rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Hebb's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "home rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "home rule class"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Horner's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "house rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inference rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "infield fly rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "island rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jointing rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jordan rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jordan's rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Kasha's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "last antecedent rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Las Vegas rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lesbian rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lesbian rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "L'Hôpital's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "l'Hôpital's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Lipinski's rule of five"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "literal rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "looks-like-a-function rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mailbox rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "majority rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Markovnikov's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Markownikoff's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Meeussen's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mercy rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Miranda rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "M'Naghten rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mob rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Mull of Kintyre rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nasciturus rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Newton-Cotes rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ninety-ninety rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "octet rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Oddo-Harkins rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "off-side rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "one-drop rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "personal rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Pfizer's rule of five"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phase rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pie rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "platinum rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plumb rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plurality rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "postal rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "product rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prophylactic rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prudent man rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rapoport's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rent's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reverse one-drop rule"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "right-hand rule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rome rule"
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      "word": "rule-based"
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      "word": "rule-book"
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      "word": "rule book"
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      "word": "rule-bound"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule joint"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule nisi"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of 72"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of action"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of Colel"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of cool"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of coss"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of decision"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of engagement"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of five"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of four"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of law"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of lenity"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of man"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of reason"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of recognition"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of sevens"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of strict construction"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of succession"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of the road"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of the shorter term"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of thirds"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of three"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule-of-thumb"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of thumb"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of tincture"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule of two"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ruleset"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rule utilitarianism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "run the rule over"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Saytseff's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "selection rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "self-rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "setting rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "silver rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Simpson's rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sine rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slayer rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slide rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sliding-rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "space rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ten-second rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "there is an exception to every rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "thin skull rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "three-revert rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "three-second rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "three seconds rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "touch-move rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "transformational rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trapezium rule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trapezoidal rule"
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          "word": "নিয়ম"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "пра́вило"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
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          "word": "စည်းကမ်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ni.yama.",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "နိယာမ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "norma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
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          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ӏедал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "規則"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guīzé",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "规则"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "規律"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guīlǜ",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "规律"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "chk",
          "lang": "Chuukese",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "annuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rewl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "qaide"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "pravidlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "regel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "regel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "regulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "juhis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "sääntö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ohje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "règle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣esi",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "წესი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Regel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vorschrift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kanónas",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "κανόνας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kanṓn",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "κανών"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "règ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          ],
          "word": "חוק \\ חֹק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mba",
          "lang": "Higaonon",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "balaod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rāj",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "राज"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dastūr",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "दस्तूर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "niyam",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "नियम"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "qānūn",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "क़ानून"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "qāydā",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "क़ायदा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kānūn",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "कानून"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kāydā",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "कायदा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "szabály"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "előírás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "regulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "praavila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "regola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "きそく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kisoku",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "規則"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "きまり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kimari",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "決まり"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "おきて",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okite",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "掟"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "きりつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kiritsu",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "規律"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rūru",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ルール"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "のり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nori",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "規"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "krl",
          "lang": "Karelian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "siändö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ereje",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ереже"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kbuən",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ក្បួន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cbap",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ច្បាប់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "niiteʼ",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "នីតិ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "baññat",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "បញ្ញត្តិ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "indöd",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "индӧд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "kesjög",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "кесйӧг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "規則",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyuchik",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "규칙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "規律",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyuyul",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "규율"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "alt": "規律",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyuryul",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "규률"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rul",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "룰"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "qayde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "qanûn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "rêsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ereje",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "эреже"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "tartip",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "тартип"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ka ti kā",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ກະຕິກາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kot",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ກົດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ni ti",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ນິຕິ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "la bīap",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ລະບຽບ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "likums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rēgula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lēx"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "norma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "praeceptum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "praescrīptum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "likums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "noteikums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vadlīnija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "norma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "taisyklė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pravilo",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "правило"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "aturan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "peraturan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "niyamaṁ",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "നിയമം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "regola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "kooli",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "rekureihana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "ture"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "dürem",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "дүрэм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "togtool",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "тогтоол"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "bee hazʼáanii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "frr",
          "lang": "North Frisian",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "word": "räigel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "regel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "regel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 4 8 4 1 8 6 6 5 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "regulation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "règla"
        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "árkhō",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ἄρχω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kratéō",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "κρατέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hēgéomai",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ἡγέομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mashál",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "מָשַׁל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "shalát",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "שָׁלַט"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śāsan karnā",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "शासन करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "reign",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "reign",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "uralkodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "direct/control",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "irányít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "lead",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "vezet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "administrate/manage",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "igazgat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "settle/regulate",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "szabályoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "stjórna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "drottna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ráða"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ríkja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "governare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "alt": "おさめる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "osameru",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "治める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "alt": "しはいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shihai suru",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "支配する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "alt": "とうちする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tōchi suru",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "統治する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tongchihada",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "통치하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "regō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "imperō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "valdīt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "upravuva",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "управува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "bhariykkuka",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ഭരിയ്ക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "cumannà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "styre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "regjere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "styre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "regjere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "reglar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "wealdan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "otk",
          "lang": "Old Turkic",
          "roman": "olur-",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "𐰆𐰞𐰺"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rządzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "panować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "reinar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "governar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "domni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "právitʹ",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пра́вить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vlástvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вла́ствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukovodítʹ",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "руководи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gospódstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "госпо́дствовать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upravljátʹ",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "управля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rāṣṭi",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "राष्टि"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "у̀прављати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вла́дати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "регули́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ùpravljati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vládati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "regulírati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "ʼṵ̂p pòeng",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "ဢုပ်ႉပိူင်ႇ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vládnuť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vlādati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "mandar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "gobernar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "sharti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "styra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "regera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "härska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pāliñcu",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "పాలించు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "mlk",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "𐎎𐎍𐎋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "právyty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пра́вити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "keruváty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "керува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "urjaduváty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "урядува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "upravljáty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "управля́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "panuváty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "панува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vladarjuváty",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "владарюва́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "reigön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "guverön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "kenign",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "קעניגן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "hershn",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "הערשן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "geveltikn",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "word": "געוועלטיקן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hakem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hakim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 1 2 3 1",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soretger"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "text": "This game rules!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To excel."
      ],
      "id": "en-rule-en-verb-bLHXx0MW",
      "links": [
        [
          "excel",
          "excel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, intransitive, stative) To excel."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 1 1 2",
          "sense": "to excel",
          "tags": [
            "also",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "rock"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "slang",
        "stative"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "rulettaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "asc̣orebs",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "ასწორებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "a legjobb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "a csúcs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "a király"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "rullēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wymiatać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "molar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 1 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "slang: to excel",
          "word": "äga"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10",
          "text": "The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.",
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        }
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        "To decide judicially."
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      "id": "en-rule-en-verb-en:decide_judicially",
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          "decide"
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        [
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        "(intransitive) To decide judicially."
      ],
      "senseid": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
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      "word": "규률"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rul",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "룰"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "qayde"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "qanûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "rêsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ereje",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "эреже"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tartip",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "тартип"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka ti kā",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ກະຕິກາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kot",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ກົດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ni ti",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ນິຕິ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "la bīap",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ລະບຽບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "likums"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rēgula"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lēx"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "norma"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "praeceptum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "praescrīptum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "likums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noteikums"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regula"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vadlīnija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "norma"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taisyklė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pravilo",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "правило"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "aturan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "peraturan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niyamaṁ",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "നിയമം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regola"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "kooli",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "rekureihana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ture"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dürem",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дүрэм"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "togtool",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тогтоол"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "bee hazʼáanii"
    },
    {
      "code": "frr",
      "lang": "North Frisian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "räigel"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "règla"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "niyômô",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ନିୟମ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kaʿide",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "قاعده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pau",
      "lang": "Palauan",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "llach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pap",
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "regla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "qā'edá",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قاعده"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "qānún",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قانون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qânun",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "قانون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qâ'ede",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "قاعده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reguła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "regulamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "régula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regulă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "právilo",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́вило"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "niyama",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नियम"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "riaghailt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра̏вило"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ре̏гула"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prȁvilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "rȅgula"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "çozaq",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "чозақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قاعدو"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ڪار"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pravidlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pravilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "masharti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "panuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "tuntunin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qoyida",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "қоида"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qonun",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "қонун"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qağıydä",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "кагыйдә"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "tärtip",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "тәртип"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "niyamaṁ",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "నియమం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gòt",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "กฎ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ní-dtì",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "นิติ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gà-dtì-gaa",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "กติกา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-bìiap",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ระเบียบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "ธรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "pele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "kural"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "kaide"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "kada"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "právylo",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́вило"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qā'ida",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "قاعدہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dastūr",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دستور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qānūn",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قانون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qa'ide",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "قائىدە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "qoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "sänd"
    },
    {
      "alt": "規則",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "quy tắc"
    },
    {
      "alt": "規律",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "quy luật"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rheol"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "word": "cai"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "regulation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "qayde"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "praŭljénnje",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "праўле́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kiravánnje",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кірава́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "panavánnje",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "панава́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gospódstvo",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "госпо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upravlénie",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "управле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wꜣs",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wA-s-wAs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Herrschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "word": "uralkodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "word": "uralom"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bharaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "word": "ഭരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "niyantraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "word": "നിയന്ത്രണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ħakma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dasan",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "word": "ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "panowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravlénije",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "правле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gospódstvo",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "госпо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pravlínnja",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "правлі́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "panuvánnja",
      "sense": "the act of ruling; control",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "панува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "právilo",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́вило"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Regel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "word": "alapeset"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "word": "alapszabály"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "word": "alapelv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "word": "szokás"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a normal condition or state of affairs",
      "word": "tikanga"
    }
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    "rule"
  ],
  "word": "rule"
}

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"to excel\"",
      "tags": [
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        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "suck"
    }
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    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
    "English raising verbs",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Rhymes:English/uːl",
    "Rhymes:English/uːl/1 syllable",
    "en:Directives"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forerule"
    },
    {
      "word": "interrule"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule against perpetuities"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rule Britannia"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule in"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule off"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule OK"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule on"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule out"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule the day"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule the roast"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule the roost"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule the school"
    },
    {
      "word": "rule with a rod of iron"
    },
    {
      "word": "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "reulen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English reulen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "rulen"
      },
      "expansion": "rulen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "riuler"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French riuler",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "regulāre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to regulate, rule"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "regula",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a rule"
      },
      "expansion": "regula (“a rule”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "regular"
      },
      "expansion": "regular",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "regulate"
      },
      "expansion": "regulate",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English reulen, rulen, borrowed from Old French riuler, from Latin regulāre (“to regulate, rule”), from regula (“a rule”); see regular and regulate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rules",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rule",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1",
        "stem": "rul"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English stative verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regulate",
          "regulate"
        ],
        [
          "reign",
          "reign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang",
        "English stative verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This game rules!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To excel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excel",
          "excel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, intransitive, stative) To excel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "stative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10",
          "text": "The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decide judicially."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "judicially",
          "judicially"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To decide judicially."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:decide judicially"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rules",
          "#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹuːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪu̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-rule.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-us-rule.ogg/En-us-rule.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-rule.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US) [ɹ̠ʷuːɫ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-rule.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-us-rule.oga/En-us-rule.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-us-rule.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US) [ɻʷʊːɫ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to excel",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "rock"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥakama",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "حَكَمَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥakam",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "حكم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "išxel",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "իշխել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "vãsilipsescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "amirãripsescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "dumnescu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "idarə etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "právicʹ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пра́віць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kiravácʹ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кірава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "panavácʹ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "панава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "uladárycʹ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "улада́рыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śaśon kora",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "শাসন করা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upravljávam",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "управля́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlástvuvam",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вла́ствувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "manar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "governar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "regnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "dê",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "治"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhì",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "治"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "統治"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǒngzhì",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "统治"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìlǐ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "治理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vládnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "regeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḥqꜣ",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "HqA-q-A-Y1V"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "regi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "stýra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "säännellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "hallita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "johtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "päättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "hallita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "vallita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "gouverner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "régler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "mandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "gobernar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "regieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "beherrschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fraujinōn",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "waldan",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kyvernó",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "κυβερνώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dioikó",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "διοικώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diefthýno",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "διευθύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "árkhō",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ἄρχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kratéō",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "κρατέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hēgéomai",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ἡγέομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mashál",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "מָשַׁל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shalát",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "שָׁלַט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śāsan karnā",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "शासन करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "reign",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ural"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "reign",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "uralkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "direct/control",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "irányít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "lead",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "vezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "administrate/manage",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "igazgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "settle/regulate",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "szabályoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "stjórna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "drottna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ráða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ríkja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "governare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おさめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "osameru",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "治める"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しはいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shihai suru",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "支配する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうちする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōchi suru",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "統治する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tongchihada",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "통치하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "regō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "imperō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "valdīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "upravuva",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "управува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bhariykkuka",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ഭരിയ്ക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "cumannà"
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      "word": "wealdan"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "reinar"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "governar"
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      "word": "राष्टि"
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      "roman": "ʼṵ̂p pòeng",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "ဢုပ်ႉပိူင်ႇ"
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      "word": "vlādati"
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      "word": "mandar"
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      "word": "gobernar"
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      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "sharti"
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      "word": "styra"
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      "word": "regera"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "härska"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pāliñcu",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "పాలించు"
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      "code": "uga",
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      "roman": "mlk",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "word": "𐎎𐎍𐎋"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "урядува́ти"
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      "roman": "upravljáty",
      "sense": "to regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "управля́ти"
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      "word": "владарюва́ти"
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      "word": "reigön"
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      "word": "guverön"
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      "roman": "kenign",
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      "word": "קעניגן"
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      "word": "געוועלטיקן"
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      "word": "rulettaa"
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      "word": "ასწორებს"
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      "sense": "slang: to excel",
      "word": "a csúcs"
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      "sense": "slang: to excel",
      "word": "a király"
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      "sense": "slang: to excel",
      "word": "rullēt"
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      "sense": "slang: to excel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "molar"
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      "sense": "slang: to excel",
      "word": "äga"
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      "word": "разчертавам"
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      "word": "graduer"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "vonalaz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to mark with lines",
      "word": "megvonalaz"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to mark with lines",
      "word": "lineizar"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "word": "sagrafēt"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to mark with lines",
      "word": "savilkt līnijas"
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      "roman": "postanovjavam",
      "sense": "to decide judicially",
      "word": "постановявам"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decide judicially",
      "word": "entscheiden"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "urteilen"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "dönt"
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