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self-regulating

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables
self--reg-u-lat-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to control itself.

adj

Of an organization, establishing standards for itself rather than having them legislated for it by government.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English regulating English self-regulating From self- + regulating.

Inflected Forms

more self-regulating (comparative) most self-regulating (superlative)

Synonyms

self-acting self-activating self-moving

Questions

What does self-regulating mean?
Able to control itself.
Where does self-regulating come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English regulating English self-regulating From self- + regulating.

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