regulate
Meaning of regulate
- To dictate policy.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
- 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 one's eating habits
Information about regulate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of regulate is: regulates.
- Languages in which regulate is used:
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Hyphenation of regulate
reg-u-late
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- regulate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
regulate synonyms
Meaning modulate:
Meaning regularize:
Meaning determine:
determine, shape, mold, influence
Meaning baffle:
Translation of regulate
- Spanish: regular, mandar, ordenar, reglamentar
- French: régler, réglementer
- Italian: regolare
- Portuguese: regular
Anagrams of regulate
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