regularize
Bring into conformity
Regularize means to make regular, standard, or official.
Governments regularize the status of undocumented immigrants by granting legal residency.
Businesses regularize procedures to ensure consistency: We need to regularize our hiring practices.
In technical contexts, regularization applies constraints to prevent overfitting in statistical models.
Make things match norms
- normalizeMake regular or standard
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
- codifyOrganize into formal rules
- formalizeMake official or systematic
homogenize · methodize · calibrate · benchmark · protocol · format · template · specification
Make regular or standard
- parameterizeDefine by adjustable inputs
- transformChange completely in form
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- interpolateEstimate intermediate values
linearize · optimize · scale · quantify · coefficient · variable · function · regression
Behave as expected
- complyFollow rules or requests
- alignArrange in a row
- adhereStick firmly to
- harmonizeBring into agreement
assimilate · integrate · accord · fit in · follow · adjust · adapt · reconcile
Authority to direct
- governExercise political control
- enforceCompel obedience to
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
supervise · legislation · policy · mandate · directive · rules · authority · jurisdiction
State of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
balance · equilibrium · sameness · orderliness · stability · invariability · predictability · parity
standardize
Make things match norms
- normalizeMake regular or standard
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
- codifyOrganize into formal rules
formalize · homogenize · methodize · calibrate · benchmark · protocol · format · template · specification · convention
normalize
Make regular or standard
- parameterizeDefine by adjustable inputs
- transformChange completely in form
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
interpolate · linearize · optimize · scale · quantify · coefficient · variable · function · regression · algorithm
conform
Behave as expected
harmonize · assimilate · integrate · accord · fit in · follow · adjust · adapt · reconcile · synchronize
control
Authority to direct
- governExercise political control
- enforceCompel obedience to
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
monitor · supervise · legislation · policy · mandate · directive · rules · authority · jurisdiction · compliance
uniformity
State of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- homogeneityState of sameness throughout
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
symmetry · balance · equilibrium · sameness · orderliness · stability · invariability · predictability · parity · levelness
- balance verbsbalance, equilibrate, stabilize, steady, counterbalance
regularizecustomize
Alter to fit preferences
individualize · personalize · tailor · particularize · specialize
regularizedisorganize
Destroy orderly arrangement
destabilize · disorder · destabilise · disarrange · randomize
regularizederegulate
Remove official controls
informalize · loosen · relax · decriminalize · delegitimize
irregularity, regularity, regularization, regularized, regularizing, regularise, regularizes, regularised, regularises