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law


Definition: Meaning of, law in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / lɔː /

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  1. system of rules also the law [uncountable] the whole system of rules that people in a particular country or area must obey
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  2. a rule [countable] a rule that people in a particular country or area must obey
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  3. law and order a situation in which people respect the law, and crime is controlled by the police, the prison system etc
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  4. police the law the police
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  5. what always happens [countable] something that always happens in nature or society, or a statement that describes this
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  6. study/profession also the law [uncountable] law as a subject of study, or the profession of being a lawyer
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  7. sport/activity [countable] one of the rules which controls a sport or activity
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  8. the law of the jungle the idea that people should only look after themselves and not care about other people if they want to succeed
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  9. the law of the jungle the principle that only the strongest creatures will stay alive
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  10. the law of averages the PROBABILITY that one result will happen as often as another if you try something often enough
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  11. be a law unto himself/herself etc to behave in an independent way and not worry about the usual rules of behaviour or what other people do or think
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  12. take the law into your own hands to do something illegal in order to put right something that you think is not fair, for example by violently punishing someone instead of telling the police
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  13. go to law to go to court in order to settle a problem
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  14. be above the law someone who is above the law does not have to obey the law
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  15. there's no law against something spoken used to tell someone who is criticizing you that you are not doing anything wrong
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  16. there ought to be a law against something spoken used to say that you do not think something should be accepted or allowed
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  17. somebody's word is law used to say that someone is always obeyed without argument
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law used in phrases

  • Andrew Bonar Law (noun)
    1. 1858-1923 british conservative politician, prime minster of the UK 1922-1923
  • Avogadro's law (noun)
    1. given the same temperature and pressure the principle that equal volumes of all gases contain equal numbers of molecules
  • Benford's law (noun)
    1. a law used by auditors to identify fictitious populations of numbers; applies to any population of numbers derived from other numbers
  • Bernard Law Montgomery (noun)
    1. 1887-1976 english general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy
  • Bernoulli's law (noun)
    1. on the average statistics law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will have the population statistics
  • Boltzmann distribution law (noun)
    1. physics a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
  • Bonar Law (noun)
    1. 1858-1923 british conservative politician, prime minster of the UK 1922-1923
  • Boyle's law (noun)
    1. the pressure of an ideal gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume
  • Charles's law (noun)
    1. physics the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperature
  • Coulomb's Law (noun)
    1. a fundamental principle of electrostatics; the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the distance between them; principle also holds for magnetic poles
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