regulating
Keeping in check
Regulating is controlling or adjusting something to maintain order, consistency, or compliance with standards.
Governments regulate industries; thermostats regulate temperature.
The agency is responsible for regulating food safety.
Regulating implies ongoing oversight rather than a one-time fix—keeping something within acceptable limits or ensuring it functions properly.
Ongoing observation of something
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
- managingDirecting or controlling something
- overseeingManaging and monitoring others
- administeringGiving or applying formally
directing · commanding · policing · patrolling · inspecting · auditing · checking · surveilling
Adjusting for accuracy
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- balancingAchieving equal distribution
- modifyingChanging partially
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
tweaking · configuring · setting · trimming · adapting · correcting · refining · aligning
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
lawmaking · statute · ordinance · rulemaking · compliance · licensing · permitting · authorization
Art of choosing moments
- sequencingDetermining element order
- coordinatingArranging for unified action
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
- harmonizingCreating musical agreement
pacing · scheduling · phasing · cycling · clocking · entraining · syncing · modulating
Placing restrictions upon
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
- curtailingReducing in extent
- cappingSetting an upper limit
rationing · embargo · moratorium · suppressing · containing · quarantining · blocking · constraining
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
- managingDirecting or controlling something
- overseeingManaging and monitoring others
administering · directing · commanding · policing · patrolling · inspecting · auditing · checking · surveilling · tracking
calibrating
Adjusting for accuracy
fine-tuning · tweaking · configuring · setting · trimming · adapting · correcting · refining · aligning · normalizing
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
enforcement · lawmaking · statute · ordinance · rulemaking · compliance · licensing · permitting · authorization · sanctioning
timing
Art of choosing moments
- sequencingDetermining element order
- coordinatingArranging for unified action
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
harmonizing · pacing · scheduling · phasing · cycling · clocking · entraining · syncing · modulating · staggering
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- banningOfficially prohibiting something
- curtailingReducing in extent
capping · rationing · embargo · moratorium · suppressing · containing · quarantining · blocking · constraining · inhibiting
- formalizingformalizing, institutionalizing, officializing, establishing, codifying
- adjustingtuning, readjusting, calibrating, tweaking, modifying
- valvesball valve, butterfly valve, gate valve, check valve, stop valve
- Determiningdeciding, choosing, judging, concluding, resolving
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
regulatingderegulating
Reducing governmental oversight
deregulate · liberalizing · freeing · unshackling · loosening
regulatingneglecting
Failing to attend to
ignoring · abandoning · disregarding · overlooking · leaving alone
regulatingdestabilizing
Causing loss of equilibrium
disrupting · disorganizing · deranging · unsettling · disordering
- food safety regulationsRules protecting consumers from contamination
- park regulationsOfficial conduct requirements outdoors
- trade regulationsRules governing commercial exchange
- noise regulationsLaws controlling volume levels
- employment regulationsRules governing workplace conditions
- hospital regulationsOfficial healthcare facility rules
regulation, regulations, deregulation, regulative, deregulating