regulate
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regulate
- /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/ UK
- /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt/ US
Where it comes from
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.
verb regulates · regulating · regulated
- To dictate policy.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons
- 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 put or maintain in order. to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
Translations
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verb control
| Español | reglamentar |
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verb adjust
| Español | regular |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 규정하다 gyujeong-hada |
| 日本語 | 調節する chōsetsu suru |
| 中文 | 調節 /调节 tiáojié |
| Português | regular |
| Français | régler |
| Deutsch | regeln, regulieren |
| Italiano | regolare, registrare, tarare |
| Română | regula |
| Русский | регули́ровать regulírovatʹ, отрегули́ровать otregulírovatʹ |
| العربية | ضَبَطَ ḍabaṭa |
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