| query | To r_______ an activity or process means to control it, especially by means of rules.To regulate an activity or process means to control it, especially by means of rules. Serious reform is needed to improve institutions that regulate competition. As we get older the temperature-regulating mechanisms in the body become less efficient. ...a planned, state-regulated economy. It's a treatment that can carry risks, and in Britain it's strictly regulated. |
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| word | regulate |
| full-definition | verb To regulate an activity or process means to control it, especially by means of rules. Serious reform is needed to improve institutions that regulate competition. As we get older the temperature-regulating mechanisms in the body become less efficient. ...a planned, state-regulated economy. It's a treatment that can carry risks, and in Britain it's strictly regulated. |
| inflections | regulatesregulatingregulatedregulated |
| cefr-level | B2 |
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