Regularise

Other spellings

• Template:US regularize

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. Template:Transitive To make regular.

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

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

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

3. Template:Transitive If $x$ regularises $y$, $x$ causes $y$ to function in a particular way.

   You turn this to regulate the water flow.

   This check list regularises activities and decision-making.

Related words

• regularisation