noun
- The act of controlling or directing according to rule.
- usage: "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians"
- synonyms: regulation
verb
- Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.
- usage: "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
- Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
- usage: "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
- synonyms: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
- Shape or influence; give direction to.
- usage: "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
- Check the emission of (sound. ).