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ruled

The correct spelling is ruled.

How to pronounce ruled

/ɹuːld/
verb

IPA: /ɹuːld/

Say it like: Rul-ed

The correct spelling is ruled. To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over. For example: "This game rules!"

Usage Examples

This game rules!

a letter on ruled paper

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
  2. 2.To excel.
  3. 3.To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
  4. 4.To decide judicially.
  5. 5.To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.

adjective

  1. 1.Having printed lines.
  2. 2.(of a surface) Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S there is a straight line that lies on S.

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