Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regulatory

/ˈɹɛɡ.jə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: reg-u-la-to-ry
IPA: /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to regulation.

Example Sentences

"Since the accident, Cranfield Airport Air Navigation Service has issued supplementary instruction CIMS-CF-ATC-001-SI 02/21 regarding the impounding of recordings. This exceeds the current CAA regulatory requirement and will result in all video recorded by this digital tower being retained after an accident or serious incident, in addition to RTF and radar recordings."
"In the report, the NIEHS concluded that the scientific evidence linking EMF exposures with health risks is weak and that this finding does not warrant aggressive regulatory concern."
"It is the policy of my Administration to support America’s truckers and safeguard our roadways by enforcing the commonsense English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/
British English: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/

Derived Forms

allatoregulatory angioregulatory antiregulatory autoregulatory baroregulatory bioregulatory cardioregulatory cisregulatory contraregulatory coregulatory counteregulatory counterregulatory

Phrases

regulatory capture regulatory entrepreneur regulatory entrepreneurship regulatory framework regulatory law self-regulatory

Synonyms

regulative

Rhymes With

deregulatory

Questions

How do you pronounce regulatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/.
What does regulatory mean?: Of or pertaining to regulation.

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