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1. The act of controlling or directing according to rule
   "fiscal regulatings are in the hands of politicians"
   - regulation

1. Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
   "regulate the temperature"
   - modulate
    
2. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
   "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
   - regularize, regularise [Brit], order, govern
    
3. Give direction to; be an influence on
   "experience often regulates ability"
   - determine, shape, mold [N. Amer], influence, mould [Brit, Cdn]
    
4. Check the emission of (sound)
   - baffle

See also: regulation, regulator, regulatory

Type of: adjust, bound, cause, confine, control, correct, decide, determine, do, engender, limit, make, make up one's mind, restrain, restrict, set, throttle, trammel

Antonym: deregulate

Encyclopedia: Regulate