ruled
Called the shots
Ruled describes something governed by authority or marked with lines.
A country may be ruled by a king or a constitution.
Ruled paper has horizontal lines for writing: She preferred ruled notebooks for taking notes.
To be ruled by emotion is to be controlled by it.
A judge rules on motions; those decisions are rulings.
Secured or destined
- confinedKept within bounds
- restrictedLimited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
- restrainedHeld under control
controlled · regulated · circumscribed · curtailed · governed · dictated · dominated · determined
Trial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- decisionSettled course of action
- precedentPrior authoritative example
appeal · injunction · statute · opinion · bench · adjudicated · overturned · upheld
Supreme independent authority
- dominionAuthority to rule
- regimeSystem of governance
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
empire · reign · tyranny · autocracy · oligarchy · democracy · dictatorship · administration
Pressed pulp for writing
- notebookBlank pages for jottings
- marginEdge of a page
- stationeryCorrespondence writing materials
- penmanshipSkill of forming letters
ledger · journal · spiral · pad · graph · lines · handwriting · worksheet
bound
Secured or destined
- confinedKept within bounds
- restrictedLimited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
restrained · controlled · regulated · circumscribed · curtailed · governed · dictated · dominated · determined · directed
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- decisionSettled course of action
precedent · appeal · injunction · statute · opinion · bench · adjudicated · overturned · upheld · binding
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
kingdom · empire · reign · tyranny · autocracy · oligarchy · democracy · dictatorship · administration · throne
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
- notebookBlank pages for jottings
- marginEdge of a page
- stationeryCorrespondence writing materials
penmanship · ledger · journal · spiral · pad · graph · lines · handwriting · worksheet · composition
straightedge
Line-drawing tool
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- parallelEquidistant at all points
perpendicular · geometry · blueprint · architectural · technical · drawing · grid · alignment · scale · compass
- ledled, commanded, directed, governed, guided
- linesstraight line, line, dotted line, dashed line, solid line
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- paper qualitiessmooth, rough, glossy, matte, textured
ruledungoverned
Lacking control or authority
anarchic · autonomous · free · lawless · independent
ruledundecided
Not having chosen
pending · unresolved · undetermined · open · unsettled
- rule outEliminate as option
- rule of thumbPractical approximation, not strict
- ground rulesFundamental operating procedures
- ruled outDismissed as impossible
- rule of the roadStandard governing vehicle movement
- house rulesEstablishment's own regulations
rule, ruler, rules, ruling, rulers, overrule, rulings, rulebook, misrule