English > regulate: 4 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | Bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage; impose regulations. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Examples | - "We cannot regulate the way people dress"
- "This town likes to regulate"
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| Synonyms | regularize, regularise, order, govern |
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| Narrower | standardize, standardise | Cause to conform to standard or norm |
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| zone, district | regulate housing in |
| Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something |
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| Opposite | deregulate | Lift the regulations on |
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| Spanish | normar, regir, regularizar, regular |
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| Catalan | normar, ordenar, regir, regularitzar, regular |
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| Nouns | regulating | the act of controlling or directing / directing according to rule |
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| regulation | the act of bringing to uniformity |
| regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior |
| regulator | an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest |
English > regulate: 4 senses > verb 3, cognition| Meaning | shape or influence; give direction to. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something; Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE |
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| Synonyms | determine, shape, mold, influence |
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| Narrower | carry weight | Have influence to a specified degree |
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| decide | Influence or determine |
| dispose, incline | make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief |
| index | Adjust through indexation |
| indispose, disincline | make unwilling |
| miscreate | shape or form or make badly |
| pace | regulate or set the pace of |
| predetermine | Determine beforehand |
| reshape | shape anew or differently |
| time | Set the speed, duration, or execution of |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
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| Spanish | determinar, forjar, formarse, influenciar, influir, moldear, regularizarse |
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| Catalan | determinar, forjar, formar-se, influenciar, influir, regularitzar-se |
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| Nouns | regulation | the act of controlling or directing / directing according to rule |
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