positionrule
nounUK /pəˈzɪʃən ruːl/
US /pəˈzɪʃən ruːl/
A position rule is a rule that tells you where something should go.
The teacher made a position rule that everyone sits in a circle.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A rule in a game about where players must stand.
The position rule says the goalie stays near the net.
3. A rule about the order things are put in.
We follow a position rule when we stack the blocks big to small.
4. A rule that sets where a word goes in a sentence.
The position rule puts the adjective before the noun.