Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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universal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
rule | Yes | No | Yes | No |
universal (noun) | rule (noun) |
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coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions | 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 behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class | something regarded as a normative example |
(linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages | a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system |
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | |
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | |
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 |
universal (adjective) | rule (adjective) |
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adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations | |
of worldwide scope or applicability | |
applicable to or common to all members of a group or set |
universal (verb) | rule (verb) |
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keep in check | |
decide with authority | |
decide on and make a declaration about | |
mark or draw with a ruler | |
exercise authority over; as of nations | |
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | |
have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac |