Overview of verb regulate

The verb regulate has 4 senses

• regulate, modulate -- (fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch")


• regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern -- (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate")


• determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")


• baffle, regulate -- (check the emission of (sound))

Overview of adj regulated

The adj regulated has 1 sense

• regulated -- (controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature")