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reg·u·lar·ize

 (rĕg′yə-lə-rīz′)
tr.v. reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing, reg·u·lar·iz·es
To make regular; cause to conform.

reg′u·lar·i·za′tion (-lər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
reg′u·lar·iz′er n.
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regularize

(ˈrɛɡjʊləˌraɪz) or

regularise

vb
(tr) to make regular; cause to conform
ˌregulariˈzation, ˌregulariˈsation n
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reg•u•lar•ize

(ˈrɛg yə ləˌraɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
to make regular.
[1615–25]
reg`u•lar•i•za′tion, n.
reg′u•lar•iz`er, n.
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regularize


Past participle: regularized
Gerund: regularizing

Imperative
regularize
regularize
Present
I regularize
you regularize
he/she/it regularizes
we regularize
you regularize
they regularize
Preterite
I regularized
you regularized
he/she/it regularized
we regularized
you regularized
they regularized
Present Continuous
I am regularizing
you are regularizing
he/she/it is regularizing
we are regularizing
you are regularizing
they are regularizing
Present Perfect
I have regularized
you have regularized
he/she/it has regularized
we have regularized
you have regularized
they have regularized
Past Continuous
I was regularizing
you were regularizing
he/she/it was regularizing
we were regularizing
you were regularizing
they were regularizing
Past Perfect
I had regularized
you had regularized
he/she/it had regularized
we had regularized
you had regularized
they had regularized
Future
I will regularize
you will regularize
he/she/it will regularize
we will regularize
you will regularize
they will regularize
Future Perfect
I will have regularized
you will have regularized
he/she/it will have regularized
we will have regularized
you will have regularized
they will have regularized
Future Continuous
I will be regularizing
you will be regularizing
he/she/it will be regularizing
we will be regularizing
you will be regularizing
they will be regularizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been regularizing
you have been regularizing
he/she/it has been regularizing
we have been regularizing
you have been regularizing
they have been regularizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been regularizing
you will have been regularizing
he/she/it will have been regularizing
we will have been regularizing
you will have been regularizing
they will have been regularizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been regularizing
you had been regularizing
he/she/it had been regularizing
we had been regularizing
you had been regularizing
they had been regularizing
Conditional
I would regularize
you would regularize
he/she/it would regularize
we would regularize
you would regularize
they would regularize
Past Conditional
I would have regularized
you would have regularized
he/she/it would have regularized
we would have regularized
you would have regularized
they would have regularized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.regularize - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
standardize, standardise - cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"
decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
district, zone - regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
2.regularize - make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker"
even, even out - make even or more even
arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
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Translations

regularize

[ˈregjʊləraɪz] VT (= standardize) [+ activities, procedure] → regularizar, estandarizar; (= make official) [+ situation] → formalizar, regularizar
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regularize

vt breathing, serviceregulieren; situation, relationshipnormalisieren; menstrual periodregeln
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regularize

[ˈrɛgjʊləˌraɪz] vtregolarizzare
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References in classic literature ?
Don't be surprised if I seem to be keeping it dark from some of our neighbors round here." Then, as if prompted to regularize his rather abrupt confidence, he said: "I've come down to see my cousin at Torwood; my name is Horne Fisher.
LAHORE -- The Punjab government will regularize the contract employees and now employees under contract will get permanent after three years of service rather than four years.
He asked the government to regularize the services of merged districts alike health project employees of the province.
According to media reports, Teacher unions have demanded of CM Punjab to regularize the teachers and release their salaries.
In March, the Dole was supposed to enter into an agreement with the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) for its 3,200 member establishments to voluntarily regularize until 2022 around 40 percent of their workforce, or an estimated 220,000 employees.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) targets to come up with another Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), where companies in the country will voluntarily regularize its employees, Bello said.
On e occasion, they demanded of the concerned authorities to take notice of the matter and regularize their services, otherwise they have threatened to accelerate their protest circle.
Member-companies of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines will voluntarily regularize over 220,000 contractual workers over the next three years.
According to Bello, they expect more contractual workers to be regularized since many commercial establishments have already expressed their intention to voluntarily regularize workers.
During the course of proceeding, the minister informed the bench that government wanted to regularize daily wages employees within its tenure.
The former chairman had directed all the departments of CDA to regularize all the employees and allot plots to them.