Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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rule | Yes | No | Yes | No |
process | Yes | No | Yes | No |
rule (noun) | process (noun) |
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measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
something regarded as a normative example | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant |
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system | (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents |
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | a mental process that you are not directly aware of |
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant |
prescribed guide for conduct or action | |
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice | |
directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted | |
any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order | |
dominance or power through legal authority | |
the duration of a monarch's or government's power |
rule (verb) | process (verb) |
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keep in check | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
decide with authority | perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information |
decide on and make a declaration about | deliver a warrant or summons to someone |
mark or draw with a ruler | shape, form, or improve a material |
exercise authority over; as of nations | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against |
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | deal with in a routine way |
have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac | march in a procession |