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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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work to rule

US pronunciation

American soundwork to rule

worktorule

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final e often stays silent

work - to - rule -> work to rule

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

rule /ru:l/ n

၁။ [C] စည်းကမ်း။ စည်းမျဉ်း။ အမိန့်။ နည်းဥပဒေ။ the rules of football ❍ observe/obey/ follow the rules ❍ draw up a set of rules and regulations ❍ It is a school rule that someone must be on duty at all times. ❍ He has broken the rules and will have to be disqualified. ❍ Don't get annoyed with me—I don't make the rules! See also GROUND RULE
၂။ [C usu sing ] အကျင့်။ ပုံမှန်။ ထုံးစံ။ He makes it a rule never to borrow money. ❍ Cold winters here are the exception rather than the rule (ie are rare). ❍ As a (general) rule I'm home by six.
၃။ [U] စိုးမိုးမှု။ အုပ်ချုပ်မှု။ အစိုးရ။ ကြီးစိုးမှု။ democratic/majority rule ❍ a long spell of Republican rule ❍ a country formerly under French rule ❍ mob rule (ie the state that exists when a violent crowd takes control). See also HOME RULE
၄။ [C] မျဉ်းတံ။ See also SLIDE-RULE
၅။ [C] မျဉ်း။ စည်း။
v
၁။ ~ (over sb/sth) စိုးမိုးသည်။ အုပ်ချုပ်သည်။ She once ruled over a vast empire. ❍ Charles I ruled (England) for eleven years.
၂။ (usu passive) လွှမ်းမိုးသည်။ Don't allow yourself to be ruled by your emotions. ❍ She let her heart rule her head (ie acted according to her emotions, rather than logical thoughts).
၃။ ပြဋ္ဌာန်းသည်။ အမိန့်ချမှတ် သည်။ စီရင်ချက်ချသည်။ (ရှေး) ဖြတ်စာချသည်။
The judge ruled in favour of/against the plaintiff. ❍ The chairman ruled that the question was out of order/ruled the speaker out of order. ❍ The court ruled the action to be illegal.
၄။ မျဉ်းသားသည်။ Do you want ruled paper (ie with parallel lines printed on it) or plain?
❏ bend/stretch the rules [IDM ] စည်းကမ်းဥပဒေကို လိုသလို ဆွဲဆန့်သည်၊ ဆွဲယူသည်။
❏ rule sth off [PHRV ] မျဉ်းသားကန့်သည်။ မျဉ်းပိတ် သည်။
❏ the rule of law [IDM ] တရားဥပဒေစိုးမိုးမှု။ The hallmark of his tyranny was a complete disregard for the rule of law.
❏ a rule of thumb [IDM ] လက်တွေ့အရ အတိအကျ မဟုတ်သော်လည်း အကြမ်းဖျင်းနည်း။ လက်သုံးဖြတ်လမ်း နည်း။ As a rule of thumb, you should cook a chicken for 20 minutes for each pound that it weighs.
❏ rule sb/sth out (as sth) [PHRV ] ထည့်မတွက်ဘဲ ထားသည်။ စာရင်းမှပယ်သည်။ That possibility can't be ruled out altogether (ie It must continue to be considered). ❍ His age effectively ruled him out as a possible candidate.
❏ rule the roost [IDM ] ဗိုလ်ကျသည်။ ဗိုလ်လုပ်သည်။
❏ rule (sb/sth) with a rod of iron [IDM ] ဓားမိုး အုပ်ချုပ်သည်။
❏ work to rule [IDM ] (စက်ရုံများတွင် ဆန္ဒပြသည့် သဘောဖြင့်) စာအုပ်ကြီးအတိုင်းလုပ်၍ လုပ်ငန်းဖင့်နှေးစေခြင်း။ See also WORK-TO-RULE

More examples

We need new club rules before we start looking for more members.
[rule of] : The basic rules of the game
[break a rule] : Anyone who breaks the rules will face disciplinary action.
[follow/obey a rule] : You should always follow these simple rules when using electrical equipment.
[against the rules] : You can’t do that, it’s against the rules!
[rules and regulations] : They complain that businesses are being hampered by too many rules and regulations.
Complicated grammatical rules
British rule over Hong Kong ended in 1997.
The country was in tatters after 13 years of Conservative rule.

Synonyms

law, regulation, decree, statute, imperative, canon, tenet, ruling, directive, adjudge, adjudicate, administer, administrate, administration, aphorism, apothegm, ascendancy, assize, authority, axiom, basis, be in authority, be in driver's seat, be in power, bridle, brocard, chapter and verse, command, commandment, conclude, conduct, control, course, crack the whip, criterion, curb, custom, decide, decorum, decretion, deduce, determine, dictate, dictum, direct, direction, dominate, domination, domineer, dominion, edict, empire, establish, etiquette, figure, find, fix, formula, fundamental, gather, gnome, govern, government, guide, guideline, habit, have power over, hold, hold sway, hold the reins, infer, influence, instruction, judge, jurisdiction, keep under one's thumb, keynote, keystone, lay down, lay down the law, lead, leadership, manage, management, maxim, method, model, moral, no-no's, normalcy, normality, order, order of things, ordinance, overrule, pass upon, policy, postulate, power, practice, precedent, precept, predominate, preponderate, prescribe, prescription, preside, preside over, prevail, procedure, pronounce, propriety, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulate, reign, resolve, restrain, routine, rule the roost, run, run the show, settle, sit on top of, sovereignty, standard, supremacy, sway, take over, test, the book, the numbers, theorize, truism, way

Antonyms

bad manners, begin, disorganization, follow, ignore, inferiority, lawlessness, lose, misguide, mislead, mismanage, miss, misunderstand, neglect, obey, plead, release, serve, start, submission, submit, subordination, surrender, unsettle, waver, weakness, yielding

Cross references

law regulation decree statute imperative canon tenet ruling directive adjudge adjudicate administer administrate administration aphorism apothegm ascendancy assize authority axiom basis be in authority be in driver's seat be in power bridle brocard chapter and verse command

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