regulate
verb /ˈreɡjuleɪt/
/ˈreɡjuleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they regulate | /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ /ˈreɡjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it regulates | /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ /ˈreɡjuleɪts/ |
| past simple regulated | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle regulated | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form regulating | /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] regulate (something) to control something by means of rules
- The department is responsible for regulating the insurance industry.
- The activities of credit companies are regulated by law.
- The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated.
- It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect.
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2- Tobacco is a federally regulated product.
- a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family
- a highly regulated economy
- The Council was set up to regulate the fishing industry.
- The trade in these animals is highly regulated.
- There have been several unsuccessful attempts to regulate working conditions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- closely
- heavily
- strictly
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- be designed to
- …
- an attempt to regulate something
- regulated by law
- regulated by statute
- …
- [transitive] regulate something to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system
- This valve regulates the flow of water.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.