Regularize

Other spellings

• Template:UK regularise

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. Template:Transitive To make regular.

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

2. Template:Transitive If you regularize something, you control it by defining it.

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

3. Template: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