regulate

1. Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of (synset 200300122)
   "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"
   is a type of: adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
   same as: modulate
2. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
   Impose regulations (synset 202517217)
   "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
   is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about something
   subtypes:

   • standardise, standardize - cause to conform to standard or norm
   • district, zone - regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
   same as: govern, order, regularise, regularize
3. Shape or influence;
   Give direction to (synset 200702806)
   "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
   is a type of: cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
   subtypes:

   • dispose, incline - make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief
   • disincline, indispose - make unwilling
   • miscreate - shape or form or make badly
   • carry weight - have influence to a specified degree
   • decide - influence or determine
   • reshape - shape anew or differently
   • time - set the speed, duration, or execution of
   • index - adjust through indexation
   • pace - regulate or set the pace of
   • predetermine - determine beforehand
   same as: determine, influence, mold, shape
4. Restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.) (synset 200235689)
   is a type of: hold back, keep, keep back, restrain - prevent the action or expression of
   same as: baffle

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