Definition as Noun

• a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
• the period during which a monarch is sovereign
• royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

Definition as Noun

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power
• 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
• something regarded as a normative example
• dominance or power through legal authority
• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems
• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
• prescribed guide for conduct or action
• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
• 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

Definition as Verb

• have sovereign power
• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

Definition as Verb

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
• mark or draw with a ruler
• decide with authority
• decide on and make a declaration about
• exercise authority over; as of nations
• keep in check
• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• sovereignty

• predominate, dominate, rule, prevail

• convention, normal, pattern, formula

• dominion

• formula

• linguistic rule

• prescript

• principle

• principle

• regulation

• ruler

• decree

• find

• govern

• harness, rein

• predominate, dominate, reign, prevail

• "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"

• "during the reign of Henry VIII"

• "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"

• "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

• "during the rule of Elizabeth"

• "he knew the rules of chess"

• "the rule of St. Dominic"

• "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"

• "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

• "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

• "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

• "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"

• "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"

• "rule the margins"

• "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"

• "find someone guilty"

• "Who is governing the country now?"

• "rule one's temper"

• "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

• Reign vs sovereignty
• Reign vs predominate
• Reign vs dominate
• Reign vs rule
• Reign vs prevail
• Reign vs convention
• Reign vs normal
• Reign vs pattern
• Reign vs formula
• Reign vs dominion
• Reign vs linguistic rule
• Reign vs prescript
• Reign vs principle
• Reign vs regulation
• Reign vs ruler
• Reign vs decree
• Reign vs find
• Reign vs govern
• Reign vs harness
• Reign vs rein
• Reign vs reign

• Rule vs sovereignty
• Rule vs predominate
• Rule vs dominate
• Rule vs rule
• Rule vs prevail
• Rule vs convention
• Rule vs normal
• Rule vs pattern
• Rule vs formula
• Rule vs dominion
• Rule vs linguistic rule
• Rule vs prescript
• Rule vs principle
• Rule vs regulation
• Rule vs ruler
• Rule vs decree
• Rule vs find
• Rule vs govern
• Rule vs harness
• Rule vs rein
• Rule vs reign