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RULE BOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made
Example:
they run things by the book around here
Synonyms:
book; rule book
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("rule book" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (parts of "rule book"):
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted)
