regulation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of controlling or directing according to rule (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | control, |
| definition | : | the activity of managing or exerting control over something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | devaluation, |
| definition | : | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | gun control, |
| definition | : | efforts to regulate or control sales of guns (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | indexation, |
| definition | : | a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | timing, |
| definition | : | the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | limitation, restriction, |
| definition | : | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) (noun.act) |
2. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | control, |
| definition | : | the activity of managing or exerting control over something (noun.act) |
3. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | concept, conception, construct, |
| definition | : | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | limitation, restriction, |
| definition | : | a principle that limits the extent of something (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | cy pres, cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres, |
| definition | : | a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible (noun.cognition) |
4. an authoritative rule (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | prescript, rule, |
| definition | : | prescribed guide for conduct or action (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | game law, |
| definition | : | a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | age limit, |
| definition | : | regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | assize, |
| definition | : | the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | speed limit, |
| definition | : | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road (noun.communication) |
5. (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered (noun.process)
| domain category | : | embryology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms (noun.cognition) |
6. the state of being controlled or governed (noun.state)
7. prescribed by or according to regulation (adj.all)
| similar | : | standard, |
| definition | : | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind (adj.all) |
8. the act of controlling or directing according to rule (noun.act)
9. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular (noun.act)
| derivation | : | govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate, govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate, |
| definition | : | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (verb.social) |
10. the act of controlling or directing according to rule (noun.act)
11. the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular (noun.act)
| derivation | : | govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate, govern, order, regularise, regularize, regulate, |
| definition | : | bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (verb.social) |
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