regulating
REG-yuh-lay-ting/ˈɹɛɡjəleɪtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of regulate.
The agency is regulating emissions from older power plants.
Regulating blood sugar is a key part of managing diabetes.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs with one spelling. After be it builds progressive tenses (the board is regulating fees); in a noun's position it works as a gerund that can still take its own object (regulating the flow takes care). Either way it carries every meaning of regulate, from setting rules to adjusting a mechanism for accurate running, and it drops the final e of the base before -ing.
regulating is a form of regulate
regulate, verb: To govern or direct something by means of rules, principles, or laws. Full entry
- Spelling
- regulate → regulating: drop the e, add -ing
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