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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

  1. To dictate policy.
  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
  3. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
  4. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
  5. To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.


Derived terms


Translations

fr:regulate io:regulate it:regulate hu:regulate ta:regulate te:regulate vi:regulate zh:regulate

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Regulate \Reg"u*late\ (-l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regulated
(-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Regulating.] [L.
regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See Regular.]
1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct
by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles
or laws.
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The laws which regulate the successions of the
seasons. --Macaulay.
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The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own
disputes, and regulated their own police.
--Bancroft.
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2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state
of a nation or its finances.
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3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate,
degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a
room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
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To regulate a watch or To regulate a clock, to adjust its
rate of running so that it will keep approximately
standard time.
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Syn: To adjust; dispose; methodize; arrange; direct; order;
rule; govern.
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WordNet regulate
v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn: modulate]
2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regularize,
regularise, order, govern] [ant: deregulate]
3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence]
4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle]
Moby Dictionary
abate , accommodate , accord , adapt , adjust , adjust to , administer ,
administrate , alter , arrange , array , assimilate , assimilate to ,
assuage , attune , authorize , balance , be master , be responsible for ,
box in , call the shots , call the signals , captain , carry on , chair ,
chart , circumscribe , codify , command , condition , conduct ,
constitute , control , cool off , coordinate , cut to , damp , decide ,
declare lawful , decree , deploy , determine , diminish , direct ,
discipline , dispose , enact , engineer , equalize , equilibrize ,
establish , even , fit , fix , flatten , form , formulate , gear to ,
govern , grade , guide , handle , harmonize , head , head up , hedge ,
hedge about , hierarchize , homogenize , homologate , homologize ,
key to , lay out , lead , lead on , leaven , legalize , legislate ,
legitimate , legitimatize , legitimize , level , limit , line up ,
maintain , make a regulation , make legal , make plumb ,
make the rules , make uniform , manage , maneuver , manipulate ,
marshal , mastermind , measure , methodize , mitigate , moderate ,
modify , modulate , monitor , narrow , normalize , officer , operate ,
ordain , order , organize , oversee , pacify , palliate , plan ,
prescribe , preside over , proportion , pull the strings ,
put in force , put in tune , qualify , quarterback , quiet , rank ,
rationalize , reconcile , rectify , reduce , regularize , regulate by ,
restrain , restrict , right , routinize , rule , run , sanction , season ,
set , set conditions , set limits , set right , set up , settle ,
similarize , skipper , smooth , soften , stabilize , stand over ,
standardize , steer , stereotype , structure , superintend , supervise ,
symmetrize , sync , synchronize , systematize , tailor , take command ,
take the lead , temper , tranquilize , trim to , true , true up , tune ,
tune up , uniformize , validate , wear the pants , wield authority


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