regulates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of regulate.
The agency regulates food safety across the entire country.
The pancreas regulates blood sugar by releasing insulin.
Note
Every meaning of regulate travels in this one form, and the subject usually decides which: a ministry regulates policy, a law regulates conduct, a technician regulates a clock, a routine regulates a household. William Stephens's An Account of the Growth of Deism in England (1696) pairs it with a near-synonym, "regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind," where governs supplies authority and regulates adds bringing things into due order.
regulates is a form of regulate
regulate, verb: To govern or direct something by means of rules, principles, or laws. Full entry
- Forms
- regulateregulates he/she/itregulating -ing formregulated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- regulate → regulates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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