Meaning

4 senses
  1. To dictate policy.

  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.

  3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.

    to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time

    to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.

    regeln, regulieren

    регули́роватьregulírovatʹ, отрегули́роватьotregulírovatʹ

  4. To put or maintain in order.

    to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances

    to regulate one's eating habits

More definitions
  • fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
  • bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
  • restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
  • shape or influence; give direction to

Examples

54 sentences
  1. Traffic lights are used to regulate traffic.

    ruСветофоры используются для регулирования дорожного движения.

    deAmpeln werden zur Regelung des Verkehrs eingesetzt.

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  2. Prices were strictly regulated during the war.

    deWährend des Krieges wurden die Preise streng reguliert.

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  3. Rice prices are regulated by the government.

    deDer Reispreis wird durch die Regierung reguliert.

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  4. Many countries try to regulate the birth rate.

    Багато країн намагаються регулювати народжуваність.

    ruМногие страны пытаются регулировать рождаемость.

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  5. Algeria needs to regulate land use.

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Translations

7 languages
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Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, reg

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.

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Forms

regulates, regulating, regulated, regulated
Base formregulate · to regulate
3rd person singularregulates
Present participleregulating
Past simpleregulated
Past participleregulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyregulate
he, she, itregulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsregulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave regulated
he, she, ithas regulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill regulate

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

44 related words

See also

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