"regulate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪt/ Audio: en-us-regulate.ogg Forms: regulates [present, singular, third-person], regulating [participle, present], regulated [participle, past], regulated [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{bor|en|la|regulatus}} Latin regulatus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{ncog|ang|metegian}} Old English metegian Head templates: {{en-verb}} regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)
  1. To dictate policy.
    Sense id: en-regulate-en-verb-OzIckhU~
  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. Translations (control): reglamentar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-regulate-en-verb-1pq0K-zH Disambiguation of 'control': 0 100 0 0
  3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning. Translations (adjust): κανονίζω (kanonízō) (Ancient Greek), ضَبَطَ (ḍabaṭa) (Arabic), կարգավորել (kargavorel) (Armenian), регулирам (reguliram) (Bulgarian), 調節 /调节 (tiáojié) (Chinese Mandarin), regulovat (Czech), regelen (Dutch), säätää (Finnish), régler (French), regeln (German), regulieren (German), irányít (Hungarian), szabályoz (Hungarian), regolare (Italian), registrare (Italian), tarare (Italian), 調節する (chōsetsu suru) (alt: ちょうせつする) (Japanese), 규정하다 (gyujeong-hada) (Korean), regulowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), regulěrowaś [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), metegian (Old English), regular (Portuguese), regula (Romanian), регули́ровать (regulírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отрегули́ровать (otregulírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), regular (Spanish), reglera (Swedish), regüle etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-regulate-en-verb-MG6rEo86 Disambiguation of 'adjust': 3 2 88 6
  4. To put or maintain in order.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deregulate, downregulate, self-regulate, upregulate Related terms: rule, ruler, regular, regulation, regulator

Verb [Latin]

Forms: rēgulāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=rēgulāte}} rēgulāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of rēgulō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: rēgulō
    Sense id: en-regulate-la-verb-gxNLOoMM Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} regulate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of regular combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: regular
    Sense id: en-regulate-es-verb-~hGPd3zx Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons",
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          "text": "The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.",
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