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regulates

regulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regulate.

Meaning of regulate

Verb

regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)

  1. To dictate policy.
  2. 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...
  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
  4. To put or maintain in order.
    • to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances

Questions about regulates

What is regulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Regulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regulate.

Words near regulates in the dictionary

  1. regulatable
  2. regulate
  3. regulated
  4. regulatee
  5. regulatees
  6. regulates
  7. regulating
  8. regulating screw
  9. regulating screws
  10. regulation
  11. Regulation Charlie

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