regulate

Definition of regulate in English English dictionary: To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning; To dictate policy; To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law; To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits; To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature; {v} to adjust by rule, order, direct; 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; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate; check the emission of (sound); To put or maintain in order: regulate ones eating habits; {f} control, govern, manage; adjust to a specific level or condition; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"; fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate; shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"; To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances; To regulate an activity or process means to control it, especially by means of rules. The powers of the European Commission to regulate competition are increasing + regulated regu·lat·ed a planned, state-regulated economy; To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
regulated: Simple past tense and past participle of regulate
regulating: Present participle of regulate
regulative: of, or relating to regulation
Regulative: reglementary
regulated: past of regulate
regulated: controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature
regulates: third-person singular of regulate
regulating: {s} controlling, governing, directing; adjusting to a specific level or condition
regulating: the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
regulative: having a regulatory function
regulative: {s} controlling, managing, directing; adjusting to a specific level or condition
regulative: restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene"
regulative: restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene
regulative: Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty
regulative: Tending to regulate; regulating
regulatory: a regulatory authority has the official power to control an activity and to make sure that it is done in a satisfactory way regulatory body/authority/agency
regulatory: restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene"
regulatory: {s} controlling, managing, directing; adjusting to a specific level or condition
regulatory: Of or pertaining to regulation

regulate

Hyphenation

re·gu·late

Turkish pronunciation

regyıleyt

Synonyms

adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, fit

Antonyms

deregulate, disorganize, mismanage

Pronunciation

/ˈregyəˌlāt/ /ˈrɛɡjəˌleɪt/

Etymology

[ 're-gy&-"lAt ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Latin regulatus, past participle of regulare (“to direct, rule, regulate”) regula (“rule”) regere (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail.