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• at that time john ruled england.
• the family ruled london's gangland in the sixties.
• eighty million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth.
• charles i ruled for eleven years.

rule

1. to control and have authority over a country, a group of people, etc.
• At that time John ruled England.
• The family ruled London's gangland in the sixties.
• Eighty million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth.
• Charles I ruled for eleven years.
• She once ruled over a vast empire.
• After the revolution, anarchy ruled.
2. to be the main thing that influences and controls somebody/something
• The pursuit of money ruled his life.
• We live in a society where we are ruled by the clock.
3. to give an official decision about something
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• The court will rule on the legality of the action.
• The judge ruled against/in favour of the plaintiff.
• The deal may be ruled illegal.
• The defendant was ruled not guilty.
• The deal was ruled to be illegal.
• The court ruled that the women were unfairly dismissed.
• It was ruled that the women had been unfairly dismissed.
4. to draw a straight line using something that has a firm straight edge
• Rule a line at the end of every piece of work.
5. to keep control over people by making them disagree with and fight each other, therefore not giving them the chance to unite and oppose you together
• a policy of divide and rule
6. to act according to what you feel rather than to what you think is sensible
7. to be the most powerful member of a group
• Liverpool ruled the roost in English football for a decade.
8. to say that something is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trial
• The charges were thrown out of court.
• Well that's my theory ruled out of court.
9. to control a person or a group of people very severely

Extra Examples

• He left his son to rule over Saragossa.
• Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.
• Police have now ruled her out as the killer.
• This theory cannot be ruled out altogether.
• We cannot rule out the possibility of a recession.
• the president’s powers to rule by decree
• Have they become a ruling elite or even a new ruling class?
• He was a leading figure in the ruling military junta.
• Her whole life seemed to be ruled by fear.
• The country was ruled by a brutal dictatorship.
• The court ruled that the women had been unfairly dismissed.
• The family ruled London’s gangland in the sixties.
• The high court will rule on the legality of the action.
• The judge ruled in favour of the plaintiff.
• The party announced it had pulled out of the ruling coalition.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they rule
• he / she / it rules
• past simple ruled
• past participle ruled
• -ing form ruling

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French reule (noun), reuler (verb), from late Latin regulare, from Latin regula ‘straight stick’.