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Regulate — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Regulate» Sencillo de Warren G y Nate Dogg del álbum Regulate...G Funk Era y Above the Rim (soundtrack) Publicación 28 de abril, 1994 Formato … Wikipedia Español
Regulate — Reg u*late ( l[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regulated} ( l[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Regulating}.] [L. regulatus, p. p. of regulare, fr. regula. See {Regular}.] 1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
regulate — reg‧u‧late [ˈregjleɪt] verb [transitive] LAW to check that business activities, financial activities etc are legal and fair: • The Personal Investment Authority regulates the selling of ISAs to the public. • Many futures exchanges are closely… … Financial and business terms
regulate — reg·u·late vt lat·ed, lat·ing 1: to govern or direct according to rule 2 a: to bring under the control of law b: to make regulations for or concerning Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Regulate — may refer to: * Regulation * Regulate (song) * Regulate...G Funk Era (album) … Wikipedia
regulate — [reg′yə lāt΄] vt. regulated, regulating [< LL regulatus, pp. of regulare, to rule, regulate < L regula, a RULE] 1. to control, direct, or govern according to a rule, principle, or system 2. to adjust to a particular standard, rate, degree,… … English World dictionary
regulate — 1630s, from L.L. regulatus, pp. of regulare to control by rule, direct (5c.), from L. regula rule (see REGULAR (Cf. regular)). Related: Regulated; regulating … Etymology dictionary
regulate — *adjust, fix Analogous words: *order, arrange, organize, systematize, methodize: temper, *moderate: *correct, rectify … New Dictionary of Synonyms
regulate — [v] manage, organize adapt, adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, classify, conduct, control, coordinate, correct, determine, direct, dispose, fit, fix, govern, guide, handle, improve, legislate, measure, methodize, moderate, modulate,… … New thesaurus
regulate — ► VERB 1) control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process). 2) control or supervise by means of rules and regulations. DERIVATIVES regulative adjective regulator noun regulatory adjective … English terms dictionary
regulate — verb ADVERB ▪ closely, heavily, strictly, tightly ▪ The use of these chemicals is strictly regulated. ▪ carefully, properly ▪ … Collocations dictionary