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regulate verb (regulated, regulating) 1 to control or adjust (the amount of available heat, sound, etc). 2 to control or adjust (a machine) so that it functions correctly. 3 to control or direct (a person, thing, etc) according to a rule or rules. 4 intrans to make regulations. regulation noun 1 the act of regulating or state of being regulated. 2 a rule or instruction. 3 law a form of legislation used to bring the provisions of an act of Parliament into force. 4 in the EEC: a proposal from the commission which is approved by the council and immediately becomes law in all member states. 5 as adj a conforming to or governed by rules or by stated standards • the regulation model; b normal; usual. regulative or regulatory adj. regulatively adverb. regulator noun 1 someone or something that regulates. 2 a controllng device, especially one that controls the speed of a clock or watch. 3 Brit a change in the rate of taxation introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer between budgets to regulate the economy.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin regulare, regulatum, from regula rule.