regulate

[reg-yuh-leyt] / ˈrɛg yəˌleɪt /

VERB

manage, organize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adjust administer balance classify conduct control coordinate determine govern handle improve monitor oversee readjust rectify standardize supervise

STRONG

adapt allocate arrange correct direct dispose fit fix guide legislate measure moderate modulate order reconcile rule run set settle square superintend systematize temper time true tune

WEAK

methodize pull things together put in order shape up straighten up tune up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

damage mismanage neglect obey waver worsen

STRONG

confuse disagree disarrange disorder disorganize displace disturb halt leave misguide mislead mix up serve soften unsettle upset

WEAK

deregulate

Example Sentences

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Literally no country has less trust in its leaders to regulate A.I. effectively than we do.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

The English Devolution Bill, which is currently going through parliament, will give Transport for London the powers to regulate and license dockless e-bikes.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

By continuing to study how adhesion changes as plants respond to different conditions, they hope to determine whether this is a universal way plants regulate growth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

You also shouldn’t be signing any trade rules that affect AI until we have a sense of how we’re going to regulate it.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

If they are programmed to regulate human behavior according to today’s view of nature, we are surely in for apocalypse.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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