ruling

ruling
n
1. decision, judgment, decree, judicial decision, opinion, official opinion; adjudication, finding, verdict, award, call; determination, resolution, outcome, upshot, result; penalty, sentence.
adj
2. governing, managing, directing, commanding; presiding, officiating; overseeing, supervising, superintending.
3. main, dominant, predominant; preponderant, preponderating, prevailing; preeminent, prominent, supreme, chief, principal; controlling, determining, strongest.
4. widespread, prevalent, general, universal, rife, rampant, epidemic; common, commonplace, usual, normal, conventional; current, popular, a la mode, modish; all the rage, stylish, up to the minute, the latest thing.

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