American English pronunciation
How to pronounce regulate
IPA transcription: ['ɹɛɡjə,leɪt]
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['ɹɛɡjə,leɪt]
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Verb
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shape or influence; give direction to
“experience often determines ability”
“mold public opinion”
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bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
“We cannot regulate the way people dress”
“This town likes to regulate”
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fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
“regulate the temperature”
“modulate the pitch”
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check the emission of (sound)
Usage examples
- The games were regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia.
- It is a statutory authority which regulates aviation in the country.
- In England and Wales, Ofwat regulates charges and service standards.
- In combination, these bills would legalize and regulate online gambling.
- This distinction has to do with the way the profession is regulated.
- This was the country's first officially sanctioned, supervised, and regulated securities market.
- Construction is informal and unregulated by the government.
- The legal status of union dues may be regulated by law.
- All aspects of a monk's life at the monastery were regulated and controlled.
- They regulated the economy, politics, morality, and militia of their individual communities.