rule
An official instruction or principle that tells you what is allowed and what is not allowed in a specific situation, game, or organization. Rules help maintain order and ensure that everyone behaves in a fair or expected way.
Beispiele
3 von 5Don't forget the rule about taking off your shoes at the door.
Don't forget the rule about taking off your shoes at the door.
The committee has established a new rule regarding public health safety.
The committee has established a new rule regarding public health safety.
In our house, the golden rule is: you cook, I clean.
In our house, the golden rule is: you cook, I clean.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of a 'Ruler' (the measuring tool). A ruler keeps lines straight; a 'Rule' keeps your behavior straight.
Schnelles Quiz
If you want to win the game, you must follow the ____.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: rules
Beispiele
Don't forget the rule about taking off your shoes at the door.
everydayDon't forget the rule about taking off your shoes at the door.
The committee has established a new rule regarding public health safety.
formalThe committee has established a new rule regarding public health safety.
In our house, the golden rule is: you cook, I clean.
informalIn our house, the golden rule is: you cook, I clean.
The grammatical rule states that every sentence must have a subject and a verb.
academicThe grammatical rule states that every sentence must have a subject and a verb.
Company rules require all employees to wear an ID badge at all times.
businessCompany rules require all employees to wear an ID badge at all times.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
as a rule
usually; in most cases
rule of thumb
a practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something
bend the rules
to allow someone to do something that is usually not allowed
Wird oft verwechselt mit
A law is an official rule made by the government for a whole country, while a rule can be made by any group like a school or a family.
Nutzungshinweise
The word is most frequently used in the plural ('rules') when referring to the collective instructions for a game or a social environment. It can also be used as a verb meaning to govern or control.
Häufige Fehler
Learners sometimes use 'law' when they should use 'rule' for minor settings like a classroom. They also occasionally confuse the tool 'ruler' with the concept 'rule'.
Merkhilfe
Think of a 'Ruler' (the measuring tool). A ruler keeps lines straight; a 'Rule' keeps your behavior straight.
Wortherkunft
Derived from the Old French word 'riule', which came from the Latin 'regula' meaning a 'straight stick' or 'pattern'.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
Different cultures have various 'unwritten rules' regarding social politeness and personal space that are expected to be followed even if they are not written down.
Schnelles Quiz
If you want to win the game, you must follow the ____.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: rules
Ähnliche Regeln
Verwandte Redewendungen
Verwandtes Vokabular
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Ähnliche Wörter
to
A1Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.
and
A1A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.
a
A1A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.
that
A1This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.
I
A1The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.
for
A1Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
not
A1A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.
with
A1A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
he
A1A pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified. It functions as the subject of a sentence.
you
A1Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
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