regulate
Syllables: re·gu·lateUK/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt//ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt/
regulate verb: to dictate policy.
Verb
regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)
- To dictate policy.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
- 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.
- To put or maintain in order.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
regulate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
regulate in Hindi
- to regulate
- सँभालना sambhālnā
regulate in Tamil
- கலி, ஒழுங்குபடுத்து, ஒழுங்குசெய், ஒழுங்கமை, ஒழுங்கிசைவுபடுத்து, ஒழுங்கு முறைப்படுத்து
regulate in Marathi
- नियमन करणे, नियमन करा
regulate in Urdu
- ریگولیٹ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- regulate in Bengali
- নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা, নিয়মাবদ্ধ করা
- regulate in Malayalam
- നിയന്ത്രിക്കുക, ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തുക, വ്യവസ്ഥപ്പെടുത്തുക
- regulate in Kannada
- ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸು niyantrisu
- regulate in Punjabi
- ਨਿਯੰਤ੍ਰਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ
- regulate in Gujarati
- નિયમન કરવું, નિયમન કરવા
- regulate in Nepali
- नियमन गर्ने
- regulate in Arabic
- ضَبَطَ ḍabaṭa
Examples of regulate in a sentence
- There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched.
- Central banks need to regulate the entities that intermediate monetary transactions.
- Regulating the oscillator plate voltage greatly improves the keying.
Forms of regulate
| third-person singular present | regulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | regulating |
| past participle | regulated |
| past | regulated |
Origin of regulate
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.
Words formed from regulate
- 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
Questions about regulate
- What does regulate mean?
- Regulate means to dictate policy.
- What is regulate in Hindi?
- Regulate in Hindi is सँभालना (sambhālnā). See Regulate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is regulate?
- Regulate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce regulate?
- Regulate is pronounced /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of regulate?
- The past tense of regulate is regulated.
Words near regulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: regulate (page history and authors); सँभालना (Hindi) (page history and authors); regulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regulate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regulate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Regulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regulate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); regulate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regulate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regulate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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