general rule
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandrule
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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rule
noun
uk/ruːl/us/ruːl/
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ...
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(Definition ofgeneralandrulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgeneral rule
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Primogeniture was thegeneralrule.
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Occasionally, though, thegeneralrulewas broken.
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Nogeneralruletherefore emerges from these four studies.
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This is where anothergeneralrulecomes up.
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But this should not be taken as ageneralrule.
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Like narratives, chronicles follow ageneralruleof temporal juncture.
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Dictionaries use the former, as ageneralrule.
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There were a few exceptions to thisgeneralrule.
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Nogeneralruleof any kind has been learned.
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But such kinds are exceptions to thegeneralrule.
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Screening is no exception to thisgeneralrule.
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Likewise, when judges have to interpret ageneralrulethat conflicts with a specific one, they usually treat the specific rule as an exception to thegeneralrule.
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Here, this leap consists of matching a fact with ageneralrulewhich would explain it.
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For instance, the system has nogeneralruleon whether backtracking is admissible.
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As ageneralrule, nonlinear terms induce coherence via a phase-locking process.
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As ageneralrule, the more industrialized states covered a larger fraction of their work force.
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At present, nogeneralruleto define values for parameters is known.
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As ageneralrule, women do not ' own ' land in any sense whatsoever.
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As ageneralrule, patients with thalassaemia syndromes are at increased risk of iron overload.
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The further he leaves thegeneralrulebehind, the stronger his reasons must be.
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There are also exceptions here, which are usually resolved by turning to thegeneralrule.
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Thegeneralrule, however, is to look for lasers operating at a short wave length.
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First, we consider moregeneralrulesets with arbitrary recursion over aggregates.
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For example, thalamo-cortical and hippocampal oscillations form numerous frequency bands, which follow ageneralrule.
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A linguistic approach would begin by asking how we express menace as ageneralrule.
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