Definitions

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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They also influence metabolism and can affect epigenetic processes that help regulate gene activity.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Its price topped a much-awaited threshold of $100,000 in December 2024, then rose to $120,000 in July 2025 as US politicians prepared to debate bills to regulate digital assets.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Music is perhaps the purest of these art forms, tapping into our lizard brains to regulate our emotions that are seeking to make sense of this precious yet maddening existence.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

The administration has come under pressure to regulate AI following the release of powerful models like Mythos and worries about bad actors using AI to create biological weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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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