RULE as a verb

Verb

rule (third-person singular simple present rules, present participle ruling, simple past and past participle ruled)

1. (transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. quotations ▼
2. (slang, intransitive, stative) To excel.

This game rules!

3. (intransitive) To decide judicially. quotations ▼
4. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. quotations ▼
5. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).

Conjugation

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Synonyms

• (to excel): rock (also slang)

Antonyms

• (to excel): suck (vulgar slang)

Derived terms

Terms derived from rule (verb)

• forerule
• rule against perpetuities
• Rule Britannia
• rule in
• rule off
• rule OK
• rule on
• rule out
• rule the day
• rule the roast
• rule the roost
• rule the school
• rule with a rod of iron
• the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world