English Explanatory Dictionary

regulate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛɡjəleɪ̯t/ en-us-regulate.ogg /ˈɾɛɡ(j)ʊleʈ/

Word forms

regulate regulates regulating regulated

Etymology

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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Derived words

autoregulate coregulate coregulating counterregulate crossregulate deregulate downregulate dysregulate hyperregulate hyporegulate immunoregulate immunoregulating interregulate irregulate mechanoregulate microregulate misregulate myoregulin nonregulating osmoregulate overregulate phosphoregulate photoregulate regulatability regulatable regulative regulon reregulate reregulation retroregulate self-regulate self-regulating thermoregulate transregulate underregulate unregulate upregulate

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