rule

باللغة العربية: قَانُون، قَاعِدَة، دُسْتُور، حُكْم

1. A regulation, law, guideline. (countable, uncountable) · All participants must adhere to the rules.· You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament.
2. A regulating principle. (countable, uncountable)
3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. (uncountable)
4. A normal condition or state of affairs. (countable, uncountable) · My rule is to rise at six o'clock.· As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.
5. An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. (countable, uncountable)
6. A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result. (countable, uncountable) · a rule for extracting the cube root
7. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure. (countable, uncountable)
8. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing. (countable, uncountable)

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