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Synonyms of regulation in English:

regulation


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See UK English definition of regulation

See Spanish definition of norma

noun

1‘EC regulations regarding health and safety in the workplace’

SYNONYMS
rule, ruling, order, directive, act, law, by-law, statute, edict, canon, ordinance, pronouncement, mandate, dictate, dictum, decree, fiat, proclamation, command, injunction, procedure, requirement, prescription, precept, guideline
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pronunciamento

2‘chromium is thought to play a very important part in the regulation of blood sugar’

SYNONYMS
adjustment, control, management, balancing, setting, synchronization, modulation, tuning

3‘the regulation of financial services’

SYNONYMS
supervision, policing, overseeing, superintendence, monitoring, inspection, administration
control, management, responsibility for, direction, guidance, government, rule, ordering

adjective

1‘regulation dress went by the board in such extreme conditions’

SYNONYMS
official, prescribed, set, fixed, required, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory
correct, acceptable, appropriate, proper, fitting, standard, normal, usual, customary
ANTONYMS

non-standard, unofficial, informal