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regulate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regulatus, past participle of regul? (“to direct, rule, regulate”), from regula (“rule”), from reg? (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????j?le?t/
- Hyphenation: re?gu?late
Verb
regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)
- To dictate policy.
- To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
- 1834, George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- 1834, George Bancroft, History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent
- To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
- To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- To put or maintain in order.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
Derived terms
- deregulate
- downregulate
- upregulate
Related terms
- rule
- ruler
- regular
- regulation
- regulator
Translations
Further reading
- regulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- legature
Latin
Verb
r?gul?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of r?gul?
regulate From the web:
- what regulates body temperature
- what regulates what enters and leaves the cell
- what regulates the cell cycle
- what regulates blood pressure
- what regulates blood sugar
- what regulates the enzymes present in an organism
- what regulates metabolism
- what regulates circadian rhythms
suuri
Estonian
Adjective
suuri
- partitive plural of suur
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *suuri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?ri/, [?s?u?ri]
- Rhymes: -u?ri
- Syllabification: suu?ri
Adjective
suuri (comparative suurempi, superlative suurin)
- large
- big
- great
- Pietari Suuri — Peter the Great
Declension
Synonyms
- iso
Antonyms
- pieni
Derived terms
Compounds
- hirmusuuri
- keskisuuri
- ylisuuri
See also
- valtava
References
Anagrams
- uursi
Livvi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *suuri. Cognates include Karelian proper šuuri.
Adjective
suuri
- big
suuri From the web:
- what is suri in japanese
- what does suri mean in japanese
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