rule - English word #869

Translation

Something that tells you what you may or may not do.

Word origin

From Old French riule, from Latin regula, a measuring stick.

Gender

Pluralrules

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"Rule" tells you what you may or may not do.

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"Rules" is the plural, meaning more than one rule.

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Here "rules" are the things you are told to do.

follow

To go after someone or something, or to do what a rule or person says.

break

To make something come apart into pieces, or to stop it working.

game

A game is something you play for fun, often with rules and a winner.

school

A place where children go to learn from teachers.

right

Correct or true, or the side that is opposite the left.

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