regulate

English

Etymology

< (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) regulatus, past participle of (deprecated template usage) regulare < (deprecated template usage) regula < (deprecated template usage) regere. Compare regle, rail.

Verb

regulate (third-person singular simple present regulat, present participle ing, 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.

Derived terms

• deregulate
• downregulate
• upregulate

Related terms

• rule
• ruler
• regulation
• regulator

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: Template:Arab (náʐʐama)
• Chinese: 管制 (guǎnzhì)
• Czech: regulovat
• Dutch: regelen (nl)
• Finnish: säätää (fi)
• French: régler (fr)
• German: regeln (de)
• Hungarian: irányít, szabályoz
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: regolare (it)
• Japanese: 調節する (chōsetsu surú)
• Korean: 규정하다 (gyujeonghada)
• Portuguese: regular (pt)
• Russian: регулировать (regulírovat’)
• Spanish: regular (es)
• Swedish: reglera

External links

• “regulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “regulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.