Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of regulating or the state of being regulated.
- n. A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
- n. A governmental order having the force of law. Also called executive order.
- n. Embryology The capacity of an embryo to continue normal development following injury to or alteration of a structure.
- n. Sports The standard playing period for a timed game, prior to overtime or a shootout.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated or reduced to order.
- n. A rule or order prescribed by a superior or competent authority as to the actions of those under its control; a governing direction; precept; law: as, police regulations; more specifically, a rule prescribed by a municipality, corporation, or society for the conduct of third persons dealing with it, as distinguished from
- n. bylaw, a term which is generally used rather with reference to the standing rules governing its own internal organization and the conduct of its officers and members, and
- n. ordinance, which is generally used in the United States for the local legislation of municipalities.
- n. In musical instruments with a keyboard, the act or process of adjusting the action so that it shall be noiseless, prompt, and sensitive to every variation of touch.
- n. Synonyms Disposition, ordering, adjustment.
- n. Ordinance, Statute, etc. See law.
- Having a fixed or regulated pattern or style; in accord with a rule or standard.
- To bring under regulations; cause to conform to rules.
- n. In biology, readjustment which restores the completeness of the whole in a part that has been removed from the body of an organism or in an organism that has lost part of its body.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- n. countable A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- n. European Union law A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- adj. In conformity with applicable rules and regulations.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
- n. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an authoritative rule
- n. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- n. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
- n. the state of being controlled or governed
- adj. prescribed by or according to regulation
- n. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- n. the act of controlling or directing according to rule
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin *regulatio, from regulare ("to regulate"); see regulate. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Now, as people have been filled with fears that the colonies, if encouraged to raise rough materials, would set up for themselves, a little regulation would be necessary; and as they will have the providing rough materials for themselves, a _little regulation_ would remove all those jealousies out of the way.”
The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished
“I know free-market thinkers and believers just hate the term regulation, but we saw the damage done by banks who went for years unregulated.”
Is protecting health insurance companies truly healthcare reform?
“` ` Scoring 168 points in regulation is unheard of.”
“` ` One rebound in regulation is probably what it comes down to, '' Riley said.”
“The only other team that hasn't lost in regulation is Buffalo (9-0).”
“Greens in regulation is the percentage of times a player is able to hit the ball so that it is touching the putting surface in two shots or fewer under par.”
USATODAY.com - Hitting golf ball is matter of physical and physics elements
“Meanwhile "regulation" is now one of those words where the right wing just screams.”
“Free-marketeers are anti-regulation because they feel that government’s role in regulation is a disruptive mechanism in what should be a self-correcting system.”
“I guess you’re right that no amount of ingenuity in regulation is ever going to lead to the best possible outcomes in an economic system that elevates selfishness over all other motivations. — sam”
Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: Unintended Consequences - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“Then poof, CO2 emissions go down, no government regulation is required and if there is any man made global warming (doubtful) then it is greatly reduced.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘regulation’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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ITRE - energy - general terms
above-market cost, access charge, actual peak load ..., affiliate, affiliated power ..., after-market, aggregation, aggregator, Alternating Curre..., Ampere, ancillary services, annual effects and 453 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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POL - presidential debates
Some of the catchwords of several presidential debates (Obama-Romney 2012 Denver debate's transcript fully included)
preexist, crosstalk, figure skate, preexisting, spending cut, preconceive, zinger, excruciate, ask over, miniaturize, food stamp, Medicare and 150 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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EU Buzz - 100 most active collocation...
The 100 most frequent constituents of EU collocations. People working for the EU are able to complete any of these words to a multiple-word expression with ease. Try it out if you are one! For a gr...
accession, acquis, act, action, agenda, agreement, aid, area, assistance, association, base, budget and 88 more...
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Economists do it with models
arbitrage, behaviour, capital, dromography, embargo, fiscal, globalisation, hyperinflation, incentive, j-curve, keynesian, labour and 143 more...
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Keeping Secrets
Words of 10 letters, all different, can be used for encrypting, pretty securely, such things as PINs and passwords. The fly in the ointment, for me, in keeping track of them is I've got to write '...
lumberjack, birthplace, whiskeybar, vanquished, metaphysic, precaution, quizmaster, dumbwaiter, thumbscrew, blacksmith, wholegrain, wanderlust and 105 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Panvocalics
Panvocalics are words that contain all the vowels. Listed here are "euvocalics": words that have each of the five vowels only once. (These are also a kind of supervocalic.) Words that also have a "...
subcontinental, unoriental, ultraviolet, tourmaline, sequoia, jacqueminot, milquetoast, xenosaurid, thunderation, adenovirus, accoutering, absolutive and 2777 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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