{
    "term": "regulate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "regulate",
            "heSheIt": "regulates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "regulated",
        "pastParticiple": "regulated",
        "ingForm": "regulating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to control something by means of rules",
            "sensetop": "regulate (something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The department is responsible for regulating the insurance industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The activities of credit companies are regulated by law."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is up to the regulating authority to put the measures into effect."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tobacco is a federally regulated product."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a code of conduct intended to regulate press reporting on the royal family"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a highly regulated economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Council was set up to regulate the fishing industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trade in these animals is highly regulated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been several unsuccessful attempts to regulate working conditions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["closely", "heavily", "strictly"],
                "verb + regulate": ["attempt to", "seek to", "be designed to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to regulate something",
                    "regulated by law",
                    "regulated by statute"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to control the speed, pressure, temperature, etc. in a machine or system",
            "sensetop": "regulate something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This valve regulates the flow of water."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪt/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪts/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈreɡjuleɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/regulate/regulating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘control by rules’): from late Latin regulat- ‘directed, regulated’, from the verb regulare, from Latin regula ‘rule’."
}