regulate

B2 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪ̯t/ See IPA manual

Freq #21327

Meanings

1

verb
To control an activity or process using rules or laws.

New laws were introduced to regulate the banking industry.
2

verb
To adjust or control the rate, amount, or level of something.

This valve regulates the flow of water into the tank.

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1 verb · to control an activity or... control

2 verb · to adjust or control the... modulate

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Forms regulatedregulatesregulatingregulative

Derived forms autoregulatecoregulatecoregulatingcounterregulatecrossregulatederegulatedownregulatedysregulatehyperregulatehyporegulateimmunoregulateimmunoregulating

Related forms regular regulation regulator rule ruler

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.

*h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European regulatus Latin

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# regulate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪ̯t/
**Frequency rank:** 21327

## Meanings
1. To control an activity or process using rules or laws.
2. To adjust or control the rate, amount, or level of something.

## Examples
- New laws were introduced to regulate the banking industry.
- This valve regulates the flow of water into the tank.

## Derived Forms
- autoregulate
- coregulate
- coregulating
- counterregulate
- crossregulate
- deregulate
- downregulate
- dysregulate
- hyperregulate
- hyporegulate
- immunoregulate
- immunoregulating

## Related Forms
- regular
- regulation
- regulator
- rule
- ruler

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₃reǵ-
- Root: regulatus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian.

## AI Etymology
Regulate is borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian. Modern senses include to control an activity or process using rules or laws. and to adjust or control the rate, amount, or level of something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autoregulate, coregulate, coregulating, counterregulate, crossregulate, and deregulate and related forms such as regular, regulation, regulator, and rule.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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