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rule

/ɹul/ sustantivo A1

En español: regla, canon

  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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“To see the Good Witch who rules here,” she answered.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 140 · B2
Then the beasts bowed down to the Lion as their King, and he promised to come back and rule over them as soon as Dorothy was safely on her way to Kansas.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 136 · B2
She is the most powerful of all the Witches, and rules over the Quadlings.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 122 · B2
“So he is,” said the green man, “and he rules the Emerald City wisely and well.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 62 · B2

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