Meaning

A heading in a book highlighted in red..

Definitions by Sense

1. A heading in a book highlighted in red.
2. A title of a category or a class.
3. (Christianity) The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
4. An established rule or custom; a guideline.
5. A statement of intent.
6. (education) A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.
7. (education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
8. A flourish after a signature.

Example Sentences

That would fall under the rubric of things we can ignore for now.

And in one swoop, the Attorney General conceded to the president nearly unlimited power, just as long as he finds a lawyer willing to stuff his actions into the boundless rubric of “defending the country.”

All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics.

Whilst this rubric is not written into law, it should always be followed.

1847-1848, Thomas De Quincey, "Protestantism", in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine Nay, as a duty, it had no place or rubric in human conceptions before Christianity.

Let Comus rise Archbishop of the land; Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe

Through processes such as “reinforcement learning with human feedback,” which enlists people to grade AI outputs against a rubric, models are guided toward responses that exemplify desired traits.

The Government's rubric of "caring for communities" is ridiculous.

Word Forms

• rubrics
• rubrick
• more rubric
• most rubric
• rubricking
• rubricked

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When Should You Use Rubric?

Use rubric when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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