regulation

regulation is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
2. noun. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
3. noun. the act of controlling or directing according to rule

   "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"

   Synonyms: regulating

4. noun. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

   Synonyms: regularisation, regularization

5. noun. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

   "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"

   "short haircuts were the regulation"

   Synonyms: rule

6. noun. an authoritative rule

   Synonyms: ordinance

7. noun. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
8. noun. the state of being controlled or governed
9. adjective. prescribed by or according to regulation

   "regulation army equipment"

Synonyms

regulating, regularisation, regularization, rule, ordinance

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in regulation:

urogenital

Common word forms

regulations

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