regulation
The act of regulating or the condition of being regulatedThe act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
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» We have to follow the regulations.
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7 senses(uncountable)The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
Regeln
регулюванняrehuljuvannja
(countable)A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter.
Regelung, Regulativ, Bestimmung
уста́вustáv, пра́вилоprávilo, регла́ментregláment
(countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
(countable, in the plural, often, singular)A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
Regulation 18B of the Defence (General) Regulations 1939 (S.R. & O. 1939/927) authorized the British government to intern suspected spies and collaborators during World War II.
(European Union, countable, uncountable)A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
Verordnung
(countable, uncountable)Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
(countable, uncountable)Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- an authoritative command
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
Examples
138 sentencesWe have to follow the regulations.
Your regulations don't apply to me.
You don't like these regulations, do you?
All students are supposed to know the school regulations.
Every student is supposed to know the school regulations.
Translations
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Origin
From regulate + -ion.From regulate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: regulations| Singular | regulation |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- the act of controlling or directing according to rule:regulating
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular:regularizationregularisation
- an authoritative command:ordinance
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior:rule
Word family
60 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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