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ruling on

ruling on is the present participle and gerund of rule on.

Meaning of rule on

Verb

rule on (third-person singular simple present rules on, present participle ruling on, simple past and past participle ruled on)

  1. (transitive) To make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter.
    • The judge hasn't ruled on the case yet.

Questions about ruling on

What is ruling on the present participle and gerund of?
Ruling on is the present participle and gerund of rule on.

Words near ruling on in the dictionary

  1. ruling gradient
  2. ruling gradients
  3. ruling in
  4. ruling off
  5. ruling OK
  6. ruling on
  7. ruling out
  8. ruling pen
  9. ruling pens
  10. ruling planet
  11. ruling planets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruling on (page history and authors); rule on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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