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rule
     1. Substantiv:
     2. [1] Regel, Vorschrift
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rule
     1. subst. A regulation, law, guideline.
           All participants must adhere to the rules.
     2. subst. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
     3. subst. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
     4. subst. A regulating principle.
     5. subst. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
     6. subst. A normal condition or state of affairs.
           My rule is to rise at six o'clock.
           As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.
     7. subst. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
     8. subst. (legal) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
     9. subst. (math) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
           a rule for extracting the cube root
     10. subst. (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.
     11. v. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
     12. v. (slang) To excel.
           This game rules!
     13. v. To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
     14. v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
     15. v. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

Beispielsätze

This rule holds good in every case. 
    Diese Regel ist in jedem Fall anwendbar.
As a rule, he arrives at the office at about nine-thirty in the morning. 
    In der Regel kommt er morgens gegen halb zehn ins Büro.
Don't let your emotions rule you. Be calm! 
    Lass dich nicht von deinen Gefühlen beherrschen. Bleib ruhig!
An exception can only exist if you first recognize a rule. 
    Eine Ausnahme kann es nur dann geben, wenn man zunächst einmal eine Regel anerkennt.
If someone says they've bought a house as an investment then as a rule, they paid too much for it. 
    Wenn jemand sagt, sein Haus sei eine Vermögensanlage, dann hat er in der Regel zu viel dafür gezahlt.



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