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单词 ruling
释义

ruling

1 of 2

noun

rul·​ing ˈrü-liŋ How to pronounce ruling (audio)
: an official or authoritative decision, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a point of law)

ruling

2 of 2

adjective

1
a
: exerting power or authority
the ruling party
b
: chief, predominating
a ruling passion
2
: generally prevailing

Synonyms

Noun

  • doom
  • finding
  • holding
  • judgment
  • judgement
  • sentence

Adjective

  • common
  • general
  • majority
  • overall
  • popular
  • prevailing
  • public
  • received
  • vulgar
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Example Sentences

Noun The decision overturns the Supreme Court's earlier ruling. She disputed the referee's ruling. Adjective members of the ruling class the ruling opinion on premarital sex
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Multiple outlets reported Friday the star running back is awaiting a ruling from the NCAA. Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2022 What happened between the two decisions was a groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that did not just say limits against the carrying of firearms in states such as New York and California are unconstitutional. Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 As early as November 2020, the ruling said, Griffin attended Stop the Steal rallies in his home state, some of them with a militia group known as the New Mexico Civil Guard. Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The real prize is a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court neutering the Antiquities Act, the 1906 law presidents have been using since Theodore Roosevelt to designate monuments, often spanning hundreds of thousands of acres. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 The previous ruling by the NLRB had said Walmart's justification for restricting union insignia on the selling floor to enhance the customer shopping experience and prevent theft or vandalism was legitimate. Reuters, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022 The ruling, from Janet DiFiore, the chief judge of the State Court of Appeals, clears the way for oral arguments next year before the entire court, a court spokesman said. Adam Reiss, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2022 According to the Times, that ruling said the companies had continued to dispense large amounts of prescription painkillers despite signs they were being abused. Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022 Friday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Brian Morris requires government officials to conduct a new environmental review prior to resuming coal sales from federal lands. Landon Mion, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2022
Adjective
As President Cyril Ramaphosa campaigns for re-election at the ruling African National Congress’s conference in December, even the party’s traditional allies have seized on the cost of fuel as a failure of political leadership. New York Times, 2 July 2022 Runaway inflation in the 1930s and 1940s helped undermine the ruling Nationalist government and open the door to the Communist Party’s takeover. Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 8 May 2022 Signs of a rift in the ruling PDP-Laban party began in March when the former boxer criticized Duterte's stance on a maritime dispute with China and accused government agencies of corruption. Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson And Jinky Jorgio, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 Support for the ruling Liberal Party — the main conservative party in Australia — has been slowly declining among women for years, even before the assault allegations emerged, said Sarah Cameron, a lecturer in politics at the University of Sydney. Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021 For sure, most were looked down on as unworthy minorities for much of American history by the ruling Anglo-Saxon Protestants. WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020 Just as the purveyors of apartheid did, the ruling African Nation Congress seems to often prioritize self-aggrandizement and neglect social development. Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 23 Sep. 2020 It was released in several European countries in 1969 — the year it was nominated — but was banned under the ruling military junta in Greece and would not screen there until after the junta fell in 1974. Sara Aridi, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020 She was awarded the prize in 1991, for leading the opposition to the ruling military junta and calling for a nonviolent transition to a democratic society. BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

ruling

noun

rul·​ing
ˈrü-liŋ
: an official decision (as by a judge)

Legal Definition

ruling

noun

rul·​ing
: an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law)
followed a previous ruling on the same question
see also revenue ruling compare decision, disposition, finding, holding, judgment, opinion, verdict

ruling 1 of 3

noun

1
as in sentence
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard the controversial ruling by the state's supreme court caused an uproar

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sentence
  • verdict
  • decision
  • judgment
  • finding
  • judgement
  • holding
  • injunction
  • opinion
  • pronouncement
  • decree
  • declaration
  • doom
  • edict
  • inquest
  • punishment
  • determination
  • dictum
  • authority
  • conclusion
  • order
  • resolution
  • award
  • arbitrament
  • penalty
  • deliverance
  • discipline
2
as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • decree
  • edict
  • decision
  • directive
  • proclamation
  • verdict
  • resolution
  • declaration
  • announcement
  • opinion
  • diktat
  • ukase
  • rescript
  • fiat
  • pronouncement
  • judgment
  • bull
  • conclusion
  • determination
  • diagnosis
  • judgement
  • dictum
  • manifesto
  • deliverance
  • call
  • canon
  • encyclical

ruling

2 of 3

adjective

as in prevailing
held by or applicable to a majority of the people the ruling opinion on premarital sex

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • prevailing
  • general
  • majority
  • unanimous
  • public
  • popular
  • overall
  • predominant
  • received
  • common
  • dominant
  • present
  • current
  • vulgar
  • usual
  • universal
  • characteristic
  • widespread
  • household
  • prevalent
  • typical
  • preponderant
  • pop
  • contemporary
  • communal
  • pervasive
  • familiar
  • shared
  • rife
  • pandemic
  • well-known
  • everyday

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unusual
  • strange
  • special
  • unpopular
  • uncommon
  • unknown
  • separate
  • individual
  • rare
  • peculiar
  • unique
  • distinctive
  • private
  • personal
  • idiosyncratic
  • singular
  • especial
  • nonpublic
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ruling

3 of 3

verb

present participle of rule
1
as in governing
to exercise authority or power over a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • governing
  • dominating
  • controlling
  • dictating
  • domineering
  • commanding
  • bossing
  • swaying
  • leading
  • managing
  • overseeing
  • administering
  • regulating
  • captaining
  • oppressing
  • heading
  • presiding (over)
  • subjugating
  • tyrannizing
  • micromanaging
  • supervising
  • conducting
  • conquering
  • directing
  • superintending
  • mastering
  • subduing
  • reigning (over)
  • lording (it over)
2
as in controlling
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) a monarch who is known for ruling her emotions with an iron hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • controlling
  • regulating
  • restraining
  • containing
  • governing
  • keeping
  • curbing
  • measuring
  • stifling
  • suppressing
  • holding
  • constraining
  • checking
  • inhibiting
  • taming
  • bridling
  • stopping
  • pulling in
  • blocking
  • arresting
  • swallowing
  • silencing
  • squelching
  • interrupting
  • reining (in)
  • holding back
  • impeding
  • repressing
  • hampering
  • smothering
  • hindering
  • muffling
  • strangling
  • obstructing
  • mincing
  • pocketing
  • handcuffing
  • sinking
  • gagging
  • muzzling
  • choking (back)
  • bottling (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • losing
  • liberating
  • loosening
  • expressing
  • unleashing
  • airing
  • venting
  • taking out
  • loosing
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