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- pronunciation:
- reg
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tihd
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
regulates, regulating, regulated |
| definition 1: |
to control or direct by means of a rule or method.
The government regulates gambling.
- synonyms:
- methodize, regiment, systematize, systemize
- similar words:
- control, meter, organize, standardize
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| definition 2: |
to control so that a required level or standard is maintained.
A pacemaker regulates a person's heartbeat.
- synonyms:
- conform, standardize, tune
- similar words:
- adjust, coordinate, key, modulate, realign, scale, square with, synchronize, uniform
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| definition 3: |
to adjust in order to assure accuracy of operation.
He regulated all of the clocks in our house.- synonyms:
- adjust, set, tune
- similar words:
- align, balance, realign
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| related words: |
determine, discipline, dispose, fit, govern, level, oversee, pace, proportion, qualify, restrain, supervise, time, tune |
adverb + (v.)regulate
carefully, closely, currently, federally, heavily, highly, lightly, loosely, pervasively, poorly, properly, strictly, tightly, traditionally
(v.)regulate
+ adverb
differently, effectively
(v.)regulate
+ noun
abortion,
access,
activity,
advertising,
appetite,
bank,
banking,
behavior,
blood,
breathing,
cable,
carbon,
cigarette,
commerce,
conduct,
content,
cycle,
discharge,
distribution,
drug,
emission,
emotion,
entity,
fishery,
fishing,
flow,
function,
gambling,
greenhouse,
hunting,
immigration,
industry,
insurance,
market,
metabolism,
militia,
mining,
monopoly,
mood,
nicotine,
pesticide,
pollutant,
pollution,
pornography,
profession,
safety,
sale,
speech,
substance,
sugar,
supplement,
temperature,
tobacco,
trade,
traffic,
use,
utility,
waste,
wetland
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| derivations: |
regulative (adj.), regulatory (adj.) |
The word regulate
contains the following parts:
reg, rect, rig1
Latin
root
that means king, rule, guide; straight
  Example words:
correct, corrigible, direct, direction, director, dirigible, erect, incorrigible, irregular, rectangle, rectify, rectitude, rector, regal, regalia, regent, regicide, regime, regimen, regiment, region, regular, regulate, regulation
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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