regulate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

regu·late AW [regulate regulates regulated regulating] BrE [ˈreɡjuleɪt] NAmE [ˈreɡjuleɪt] verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to control sth by means of rules
•The activities of credit companies are regulated by law.
•The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated.
•It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect.
2. transitive ~ sth to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system
•This valve regulates the flow of water.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’.

Thesaurus:
regulate verb T
•The activities of credit companies are regulated by law.
police • • supervise • • oversee • |formal administer • • superintend •
regulate/supervise/oversee/administer the affairs of sb/sth
be properly/effectively regulated/policed/supervised/administered

Example Bank:
•Tobacco is a federally regulated product.
•a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family
•a highly regulated economy
•The Council was set up to regulate the fishing industry.
•The trade in these animals is highly regulated.
•There have been several unsuccessful attempts to regulate working conditions.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baffle, determine, shape, mold, influence, regularize, regularise, order, govern, modulate