ruling

Other forms of ruling

plural

rulings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ruling

What does ruling mean?

ruling means "the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ruling?

ruling has 2 syllables: ru-ling. The stress falls on "ru". In IPA it is /ˈɹulɪŋ/.

What is another word for ruling?

Close synonyms include opinion, regnant, reigning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ruling a common word?

ruling is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.