regulate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
    bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
    shape or influence; give direction to
    check the emission of (sound)

Word Origin

regulate (v.)
early 15c., "adjust by rule, control," from Late Latin regulatus, past participle of regulare "to control by rule, direct," from Latin regula "rule" (see regular). Meaning "to govern by restriction" is from 1620s. Related: Regulated; regulating.

Synonym

Example

1. Ion channels are known to regulate signaling between such neurons .
2. And ten do not regulate it at all .
3. This could explain why introverts feel the need to regulate the amount of stimulation coming in .
4. They direct their eyes away or use their hands differently to regulate input .
5. Drugs of abuse such as cocaine can regulate adult neurogenesis .

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