Captain and Rule

Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.
Usage example: if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission

Rule and captain are semantically related. in command topic. In some cases you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Rule

Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Usage example: a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly

Captain and rule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a verb "Rule".

Nearby Words: ruling, ruler, ruled

How words are described

human human captain human rule
old old captain old rule
female female captain female rule
normal normal captain normal rule
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, corrupt, obvious, popular, actual, real, tyrannical, new, military, imperial, official, last, soviet.

Common collocations

place captain place rule place
way captain way rule way

Both words in one sentence

  • Planet of Hats An official rule for being in service of the Terran Empire is that if you assassinate your ship's captain, YOU become the new captain, regardless of your previous rank and standing among the crew.
  • Leonard Nimoy hated this episode, and confirmed that Roddenberry really meant for Starfleet to have such a rule: females could not captain a starship.
  • Film / Master and Commander Rule of Threes: Lampshaded when Aubrey says the French captain has caught him by surprise twice, but there won't be a third time.
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