regulate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin regulatus, pp. of regulare (“‘to direct, rule, regulate’”) < regula (“‘rule’”): see rule. Cf. regle, rail.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

to 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.
3. To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
4. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
5. To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.

[edit] Derived terms

• deregulate

[edit] Related terms

• rule
• ruler
• regulation
• regulator

[edit] Translations

Arabic: نظم (náʐʐama) Chinese: 管制 (guǎnzhì) Czech: regulovat cs(cs) Dutch: regelen nl(nl) Finnish: säätää fi(fi) French: régler fr(fr) German: regeln de(de) Hungarian: irányít, szabályoz

Italian: regolare it(it) Japanese: 調節する (chōsetsu surú) Korean: 규정하다 (gyujeonghada) Portuguese: regular pt(pt) Russian: регулировать (regulírovat’) Spanish: regular es(es) Swedish: reglera

[edit] External links

• regulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911