Australian English Meaning of regulate

regulate

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Definitions and Meaning of regulate in English

Wordnet

regulate (v)

fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of

bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

shape or influence; give direction to

restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)

Webster

regulate (v. t.)

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.

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.

FAQs About the word regulate

regulate

fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of, bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations, shape or influence; give direct

contain,control,Curb,govern,keep,measure,Restrain,stifle,suppress,check

liberate,loosen,lose,express,loose,takeaway,air,Unleash,vent

regularness => regularity, regularly => regularly, regularize => regularise, regularization => regularisation, regularity => regularity,