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  • 1 rule

    [ru:l] 1. noun
    1) (government: under foreign rule.) stjórn
    2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) regla
    3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) regla, lögmál
    4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) regla, venja
    5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) reglustika, tommustokkur
    2. verb
    1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) stjórna
    2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) úrskurða
    3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) strika
    - ruler
    - ruling
    3. noun
    (an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) úrskurður
    - rule off
    - rule out

    English-Icelandic dictionary > rule

  • 2 generalise

    1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) alhæfa
    2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) alhæfa

    English-Icelandic dictionary > generalise

  • 3 generalize

    1) (to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases: He's trying to generalize from only two examples.) alhæfa
    2) (to talk (about something) in general terms: We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.) alhæfa

    English-Icelandic dictionary > generalize

  • 4 home

    [həum] 1. noun
    1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) heimili
    2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) heimkynni
    3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) barnaheimili; dvalarheimili, hæli
    4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) heimili, vist
    5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) heimili
    2. adjective
    1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) heima-, heimilis-
    2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) heima-; innanlands-
    3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) heimavöllur/-leikur/-lið
    3. adverb
    1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) heim, heima
    2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) í botn, ná takmarki sínu, gera ljóst
    - homely
    - homeliness
    - homing
    - home-coming
    - home-grown
    - homeland
    - home-made
    - home rule
    - homesick
    - homesickness
    - homestead
    - home truth
    - homeward
    - homewards
    - homeward
    - homework
    - at home
    - be/feel at home
    - home in on
    - leave home
    - make oneself at home
    - nothing to write home about

    English-Icelandic dictionary > home

  • 5 provision

    [prə'viʒən] 1. noun
    1) (the act of providing: The government are responsible for the provision of education for all children.) ráðstafanir
    2) (an agreed arrangement.) ákvæði
    3) (a rule or condition.) skilyrði
    2. verb
    (to supply (especially an army) with food.) birgja upp
    - provisionally
    - provisions
    - make provision for

    English-Icelandic dictionary > provision

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