regulate
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
regulate the temperature
Types & categories
- adjust hypernym
Related & opposite
- modulation derivation
- regulator derivation
- regulative derivation
Sense 2 verb
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
We cannot regulate the way people dress
Types & categories
- decide hypernym
- standardize hyponym
- zone hyponym
Related & opposite
- deregulate antonym
- regulating derivation
- regularization derivation
- governor derivation
- government derivation
- rule derivation
- regulator derivation
- order derivation
Sense 3 verb
shape or influence; give direction to
experience often determines ability
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- influence derivation
- regulating derivation
- determinant derivation
- pattern derivation
- embodiment derivation
- influence derivation
- influence derivation
- shaping derivation
Sense 4 verb
check the emission of (sound)
Types & categories
- throttle hypernym
Related & opposite
- baffle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | modulation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adjust |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | deregulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | regularization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | governor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | government |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rule |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | order |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | standardize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zone |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulating |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | determinant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pattern |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | embodiment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaping |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dispose |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | indispose |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | miscreate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry weight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | decide |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reshape |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | index |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pace |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | predetermine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | baffle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | throttle |