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Lesson 2: Citing text evidenceRegulate | Vocabulary
Let's explore the meaning and origin of the word "regulate". Created by David Rheinstrom.
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Video transcript
- [David] All right,
wordsmiths, what's up? The word of the day today is regulate. It means to make rules
that control something. I'll throw in a 10-second music break. Tell me if you can identify
any other common English words that start with reg. All right, here we go, music break. (groovy music made by my wonderful colleague Walt) All right, so some
related words are regular, regiment, regime. All of these words are
related to control or order. Regulate comes from the Latin root reg, meaning straight like a ruler. Something that's regular
follows a rule or a pattern. It's predictable. So something that is regulated has been controlled by a rule. That's what that ate part means. It's a word part that makes a verb, because regulate is a
verb, it's an action word. So let's use regulate in some sentences. You can use it in a literal sense like "This valve regulates how much
fuel goes into the engine." It is literally controlling
the rate of fuel release. But you can also use regulate
to refer to lawmaking. And I can use another word part to make this verb into a noun. Okay, so we've got the word regulate, and let me lop off the E on the end and add I-O-N. And now it's a noun, regulation. Another word for a legal rule. "State regulations only allow you to catch three fish a week." So here's two fisherfolk, doot, doot. This woman has three fish, so she's fine. This man has four fish, so he's probably gonna get a
fine from Fish and Wildlife because he didn't adhere
to the regulations. Sorry pal, you've been
canceled by the government. All right, you can learn
anything, David out.