Defenition of the word regulate
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Defenition of the word regulate
- To specify behavior as an authoritative guide for conduct.
- To dictate policy.
- check the emission of (sound)
- shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
- impose regulations on
- shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
- fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
- shape or influence; give direction to
- bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
Synonyms for the word regulate
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- adjust
- baffle
- control
- determine
- govern
- influence
- legalize
- make conform
- modulate
- normalize
- order
- police
- regularize
- shape
- standardize
Similar words in the regulate
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- regulate
- regulated
- regulates
Hyponyms for the word regulate
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- carry weight
- decide
- disincline
- dispose
- district
- incline
- index
- indispose
- miscreate
- pace
- predetermine
- reshape
- standardise
- standardize
- time
- zone
Hypernyms for the word regulate
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- adjust
- bound
- cause
- confine
- correct
- decide
- determine
- do
- limit
- make
- make up one's mind
- restrain
- restrict
- set
- throttle
- trammel
Antonyms for the word regulate
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