regularize

/'regjuləraiz/

Thân thiện

The doctor used a pacemaker to regularize the patient's heartbeat.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something regular, consistent, or conform to a standard pattern or rule.
   • To bring something into conformity with established rules, principles, or systems.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The new software update will regularize the formatting of all documents in the database.
  • The government passed a law to regularize the status of undocumented workers.
  • A consistent sleep schedule helps to regularize your body's internal clock.

Advanced Usage

• "to regularize a situation": to bring an irregular or unofficial situation into a proper, legal, or official state.
  • The amnesty program aimed to regularize the situation of thousands of residents.
• "to regularize procedures": to standardize processes to ensure they are performed uniformly.
  • The company hired a consultant to help regularize its hiring procedures.

Variants and Related Words

• Regularization (noun): The act or process of making something regular.
  • The regularization of immigration procedures took several years.
• Regular (adjective): Conforming to a standard; usual, normal, or symmetrical.
• Regulate (verb): To control or supervise by means of rules and regulations. (Note: While related, "regulate" often implies control or adjustment, whereas "regularize" implies making consistent or bringing into a standard form.)

Synonyms

• Standardize: To cause to conform to a standard.
• Systematize: To arrange according to a system; make systematic.
• Normalize: To bring or return to a normal or standard condition.

Antonyms

• Disorganize: To destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of.
• Disrupt: To interrupt the normal course or unity of.

Related Phrases and Contexts

• "Regularize the flow": To make an intermittent or erratic flow steady and predictable.
  • The dam was built to regularize the flow of the river for irrigation.
• "Regularize spelling": To make spelling conform to a standard set of rules.
  • The dictionary helped to regularize spelling across the country.

Học thuật

Verb

1. make regular or more regular
   • regularize the heart beat with a pace maker
2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
   • We cannot regulate the way people dress
   • This town likes to regulate

Từ đồng nghĩa

• regularise
• regulate
• order
• govern