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Noun regulating has 1 sense
- regulation, regulating - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
--1 is a kind of control
--1 has particulars:
Verb regulate has 4 senses
- regulate, modulate - fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
--1 is one way to adjust, set, correct
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- regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
--2 is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Antonyms: deregulate
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- determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
--3 is one way to cause, do, make
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- baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)
--4 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
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