Dictionary Entry
regulate
regulate is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.
- 2transitive verb
To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
- 3transitive verb
To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- 4verb
check the emission of (sound)
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- 5verb
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
"regulate the temperature"
"modulate the pitch"
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- 6verb
shape or influence; give direction to
"experience often determines ability"
"mold public opinion"
- 7verb
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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