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ruling [ˈruːlɪŋ] n 1. a decision of someone in authority, such as a judge 2. one or more parallel ruled lines adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) controlling or exercising authority the ruling classes 2. prevalent or predominant ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
ruling adjective 1. governing, upper, reigning, controlling, leading, commanding, dominant, regnant the domination of the ruling class 2. predominant, dominant, prevailing, preponderant, chief, main, current, supreme, principal, prevalent, pre-eminent, regnant a ruling passion for liberty and equality predominant least, minor, secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, inferior, unimportant, auxiliary noun decision, finding, resolution, verdict, judgment, decree, adjudication, pronouncement He tried to have the court ruling overturned. Translations ruling [ˈruːlɪŋ] A. ADJ 1. (= governing) [class, body] → dirigente; [party] → en el poder; [monarch] → reinante ruling planet (Astrol) → planeta m dominante 2. (= predominant) [passion, factor] → dominante B. N (Jur) → fallo m, resolución f (Admin, Sport) → decisión f to give a ruling on a dispute → fallar en una disputa ruling adj (= in power) body, elite → herrschend; the ruling class → die herrschende Klasse; the ruling party → die Regierungspartei (= determining) factor → ausschlaggebend; passion → vorherrschend; (= prevalent) → (vor)herrschend; (Fin, St Ex) prices → notiert; ruling principle → leitendes Prinzip, Leitprinzip nt n (Admin, Jur) → Entscheidung f; to get a ruling → einen Bescheid erhalten; to give a ruling → eine Entscheidung fällen ruling [ˈruːlɪŋ] 1. adj (passion, idea) → grande, dominante; (party) → al potere the ruling classes → la classe dirigente 2. n (Law) → decisione f ruling [ˈruːlɪŋ] 1. adj (passion, idea) → grande, dominante; (party) → al potere the ruling classes → la classe dirigente 2. n (Law) → decisione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He thought he lived in a country where turkeys were the ruling class, and every year they held a feast to manifest their sense of Heaven's goodness in sparing their lives to kill them later. Further, as we have already seen, entire sections of the ruling classes are, by the advance of industry, precipitated into the proletariat, or are at least threatened in their conditions of existence. But their grandmother, who was really the ruling power in the house, made my life very hard to me. |
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