regulationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/B2 an official rule or the act of controlling something:
safety/health/traffic/fire/security regulations
The correct procedure is laid down in the rules and regulations.
government regulation of inflation
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- The Social Democrats are still wedded to the concepts of high taxation and regulation.
- New safety regulations have been brought in.
- I have acted strictly in accordance with the regulations at all times.
- The correct procedure is laid down in the rules and regulations.
- Safety regulations are being ignored by company managers in the drive to increase profits.
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Rules & laws
- black codes
- bylaw
- canon
- code of practice
- common law
- cyberlaw
- dead letter
- diktat
- dos
- edict
- equal protection
- international law
- leash law
- licensing laws
- mandatory
- red tape
- retroactive
- rule
- statute
- statutory
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regulationadjective
uk/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/according to the rules or the usual way of doing things:
businessmen in their regulation pinstripe suits
It's regulation to wear suits at the office.
a regulation football pitch
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Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
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