rule

Definition

Examples

Every employee must follow the safety rules inside the factory.

Word Family

Synonyms

• regulationan authoritative rule
• guidelinea light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters
• policya plan of action adopted by an individual or social group

Collocations

• Easy follow school rules
  to adhere to instructions or guidelines regarding school rules
• Medium enforce office safety rules strictly
  to enforce office safety rules strictly, meaning to ensure observance of laws and rules
• Hard established legal precedent and rule of law
  to established legal precedent and rule of law, meaning to set up or found
• Very Hard as an overarching rule of thumb in valuations
  describing as an overarching rule of thumb in valuations (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)