Regulate
verb
To control or manage by making rules.
The government regulates the financial industry to protect consumers.
Often appears as...
- regulate traffic
- regulate the economy
verb
To adjust to a specific level or degree.
The device regulates the temperature in the room.
Often appears as...
- regulate temperature
- regulate pressure
verb
To make an apparatus, system, or process work more efficiently.
The engineers are working to regulate the machine's performance.
Often appears as...
- regulate performance
- regulate metabolism
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To correct or adjust the time of a clock, watch, etc.
He regulated his watch to match the local time zone.
Often appears as...
- regulate a watch
- regulate a clock
verb
To control or manage by making rules.
The government regulates the financial industry to protect consumers.
Often appears as...
- regulate traffic
- regulate the economy
verb
To adjust to a specific level or degree.
The device regulates the temperature in the room.
Often appears as...
- regulate temperature
- regulate pressure
verb
To make an apparatus, system, or process work more efficiently.
The engineers are working to regulate the machine's performance.
Often appears as...
- regulate performance
- regulate metabolism
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To correct or adjust the time of a clock, watch, etc.
He regulated his watch to match the local time zone.
Often appears as...
- regulate a watch
- regulate a clock
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Regulatory Authority
Explains how 'regulate' often refers to actions of governments or organizations.
Only the FDA can regulate the pharmaceuticals market.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule Creation
Highlights 'regulate' involves making new rules, not just enforcing existing ones.
The board will regulate membership requirements next month.
Pro Tip 3/3Protection Motive
Emphasizes that regulation often aims to safeguard interests or welfare.
They regulate fishing to protect the marine ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Regulatory Authority
Explains how 'regulate' often refers to actions of governments or organizations.
Only the FDA can regulate the pharmaceuticals market.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule Creation
Highlights 'regulate' involves making new rules, not just enforcing existing ones.
The board will regulate membership requirements next month.
Pro Tip 3/3Protection Motive
Emphasizes that regulation often aims to safeguard interests or welfare.
They regulate fishing to protect the marine ecosystem.
Pro Tip 1/3Regulatory Authority
Explains how 'regulate' often refers to actions of governments or organizations.
Only the FDA can regulate the pharmaceuticals market.
Pro Tip 2/3Rule Creation
Highlights 'regulate' involves making new rules, not just enforcing existing ones.
The board will regulate membership requirements next month.
Pro Tip 3/3Protection Motive
Emphasizes that regulation often aims to safeguard interests or welfare.
They regulate fishing to protect the marine ecosystem.
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
laughter is a phenomenally useful index of how people are regulating their emotions together. We're not just emitting it at each other to show that we like each other, we're making ourselves feel better together. Now, I don't think this is going to be limited to romantic relationships. I think this is probably going to be a characteristic
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Why do our bodies age? -...
plus mitochondria regulate many different cell activities and play an important role in programmed cell death. If mitochondrial function declines, then cells and, later on, whole organs, deteriorate, too. Other changes are known to occur in the expression patterns of genes, also known as epigenetic alterations,
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Why do some people go...
Stem cells also play a role in regulating the growth cycle, and so scientists are investigating whether they can manipulate the activity of these cells to encourage follicles to start producing hair again. And in the meantime, while scientists hone their hair-reviving methods,
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
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The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems, affecting respiration
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Are you a body with a...
with the external world. Every sight, sound, and touch create new maps and representations in the brain that eventually become responsible for regulating our experience of self. And we have other senses, besides the typical five, such as the sense of balance
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How the food you eat...
is to our advantage. Together, they form the gut microbiome, a rich ecosystem that performs a variety of functions in our bodies. The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can't digest, produce important nutrients, regulate the immune system,
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The Demise of Guys PIPE...
to help men learn how to collaborate in creating vibrant families parents have to regulate digital time they also have to create more vibrant family table time have to encourage kids to do social activity and share this does information
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Sir David Attenborough...
the oceans provide us with oxygen they regulate temperature they provide us with food and energy supplies and it's unthinkable to have a world without a healthy ocean i still think we have the capability
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Debunking the myths of...
a neurotransmitter that communicates between brain structures and helps regulate vital processes, such as mood, aggression, impulse control, sleep, appetite, body temperature and pain.
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Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...
laughter is a phenomenally useful index of how people are regulating their emotions together. We're not just emitting it at each other to show that we like each other, we're making ourselves feel better together. Now, I don't think this is going to be limited to romantic relationships. I think this is probably going to be a characteristic
Video examples
Why do our bodies age? -...
plus mitochondria regulate many different cell activities and play an important role in programmed cell death. If mitochondrial function declines, then cells and, later on, whole organs, deteriorate, too. Other changes are known to occur in the expression patterns of genes, also known as epigenetic alterations,
Video examples
Why do some people go...
Stem cells also play a role in regulating the growth cycle, and so scientists are investigating whether they can manipulate the activity of these cells to encourage follicles to start producing hair again. And in the meantime, while scientists hone their hair-reviving methods,
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
They need to produce these chemicals are then distributed throughout the body by way of the cardiovascular system the cardiovascular and nervous systems are also utilized by the lymphatic system a collection of lymph nodes and vessels that help regulate the body's defenses
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
This neglect is often the result of a major misunderstanding. Sleep isn't lost time, or just a way to rest when all our important work is done. Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems, affecting respiration
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
with the external world. Every sight, sound, and touch create new maps and representations in the brain that eventually become responsible for regulating our experience of self. And we have other senses, besides the typical five, such as the sense of balance
Video examples
How the food you eat...
is to our advantage. Together, they form the gut microbiome, a rich ecosystem that performs a variety of functions in our bodies. The bacteria in our guts can break down food the body can't digest, produce important nutrients, regulate the immune system,
Video examples
The Demise of Guys PIPE...
to help men learn how to collaborate in creating vibrant families parents have to regulate digital time they also have to create more vibrant family table time have to encourage kids to do social activity and share this does information
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
the oceans provide us with oxygen they regulate temperature they provide us with food and energy supplies and it's unthinkable to have a world without a healthy ocean i still think we have the capability
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
a neurotransmitter that communicates between brain structures and helps regulate vital processes, such as mood, aggression, impulse control, sleep, appetite, body temperature and pain.
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Harry S Truman
American President
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
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Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
For more than a century, states have sought to protect the integrity of the democratic process at the state and local level by regulating corporate spending in elections.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
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Gretchen Bleiler
American Athlete
I work out hard; that way, I can eat whatever I want. If you have a hard time regulating your diet, pushing yourself at the gym will help you keep the pounds off.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
From the day an idea is conceptualized to the day the technology is built, carried out, and regulated, it's important to have that human awareness.
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Guy Verhofstadt
Belgian Statesman
The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.
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Mandy Ingber
American Actress
It's important to eat healthy fats to regulate hunger.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
You can't regulate every lab in the world.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
I like that the art world isn't regulated.
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Harry S Truman
American President
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
Quote examples
Eric Schneiderman
American Politician
For more than a century, states have sought to protect the integrity of the democratic process at the state and local level by regulating corporate spending in elections.
Quote examples
Francois Hollande
French Statesman
I am for a clear distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect this.
Quote examples
Gretchen Bleiler
American Athlete
I work out hard; that way, I can eat whatever I want. If you have a hard time regulating your diet, pushing yourself at the gym will help you keep the pounds off.
Quote examples
John Locke
English Philosopher
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
Quote examples
Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
From the day an idea is conceptualized to the day the technology is built, carried out, and regulated, it's important to have that human awareness.
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Guy Verhofstadt
Belgian Statesman
The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.
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Mandy Ingber
American Actress
It's important to eat healthy fats to regulate hunger.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
You can't regulate every lab in the world.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
I like that the art world isn't regulated.
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