regulation

Syllables: reg·u·la·tion/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/

regulation noun: the act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.

Noun

regulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations)

(uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
(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.
- The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible...1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638
(in plural, often) 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.
1. (countable, in 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.
  - (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only, subject to paragraph (3).
    (3) This regulation and regulation 2(h) and (v)(i) and (ii) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.2023, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, “Regulation 1(2)-(3)”, in Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023, page 1
(European-Union) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.

Adjective

regulation (not comparable)

In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
- It is regulation that these directives are to be destroyed on receipt.1969, Thomas Wiseman, The Quick and the Dead, page 328
- "The hat is regulation as well, I assume."2004, Marc Miller, The Kettles and the Keeps: Ghosts at War, page 88

regulation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

regulation in Hindi

law or administrative rule: विनियम viniyam

regulation in Tamil

ஒழுங்கு, கட்டுப்பாடு, ஒழுங்குமுறை, முறைமை, ஒழுங்காக்கம், சீராக்கல்

regulation in Marathi

नियमन

regulation in Urdu

regulation: نیم nem
regulation, rule: قاعدہ qā‘ida

More languagesFewer languages

regulation in Bengali: প্রবিধান, নিয়ম, ব্যবস্থাপন
regulation in Telugu: రెగ్యులేషన్
regulation in Malayalam: തിട്ടം tiṭṭaṁ
regulation in Kannada: ಮಿತಿ miti
regulation in Punjabi: ਨਿਯੰਤਰਨ niyantran
regulation in Gujarati: નિયમન
regulation in Sanskrit: विधान vidhāna
regulation in Nepali: नियमन, विनियमन
regulation in Tagalog: alituntunin
regulation in Arabic: تَنْظِيم tanẓīm
regulation in Indonesian: regulasi, peraturan
regulation in Vietnamese: chế độ

Examples of regulation in a sentence

It is the responsibility of every legionare to be sure that he is regulation height as well.2007, Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury, page 48:
Sorry, Zooble, it's just the perfect regulation softball size!2025 June 20, Gooseworx, “Untitled” (19:50 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 5, spoken by Kinger (Sean Chiplock):

All 40 example sentences with regulation

Forms of regulation

plural	regulations

Plural of regulation: regulations

Origin of regulation

From regulate + -ion.

Words formed from regulation

Phrases with regulation

Questions about regulation

What does regulation mean?: Regulation means the act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
What is regulation in Hindi?: Regulation in Hindi is विनियम (viniyam). See Regulation meaning in Hindi.
How do you use regulation in a sentence?: It is the responsibility of every legionare to be sure that he is regulation height as well.
What part of speech is regulation?: Regulation can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce regulation?: Regulation is pronounced /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/.
What is the plural of regulation?: The plural of regulation is regulations.

Words near regulation in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: regulation (page history and authors); regulation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regulation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); قاعدہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); regulation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regulation (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); തിട്ടം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಮಿತಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਨਿਯੰਤਰਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); regulation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); regulation (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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