regularize

Other spellings

• (UK) regularise

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈrɛɡjəlɚaɪz/

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Verb

Plain form regularize

Third-person singular regularizes

Past tense regularized

Past participle regularized

Present participle regularizing

1. (transitive) To make regular.

   The regularization of spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.

2. (transitive) If you regularize something, you control it by defining it.

   The industry has fought the state's attempts to regularize its products.

3. (transitive) If $x$ regularizes $y$, $x$ causes $y$ to function in a particular way.

   You turn this to regulate the water flow.

   This check list regularizes activities and decision-making.

Related words

• regularization