regularize

[ reg-yuh-luh-rahyz ]

/ ˈrɛg yə ləˌraɪz /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for: regularize / regularized / regularizing on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object), reg·u·lar·ized, reg·u·lar·iz·ing.

to make regular.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also especially British, reg·u·lar·ise .

Origin of regularize

First recorded in 1615–25; regular + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM regularize

reg·u·lar·i·za·tion, nounreg·u·lar·iz·er, nounun·reg·u·lar·ized, adjective

Words nearby regularize

regular as clockwork, regular bevel, regular checking account, regular flower, regular guy, regularize, regular lay, regularly, regular tertiaries, regular verb, regulate

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use regularize in a sentence

The first is to regularize the status of Afghans to ensure they can stay in their new communities.
The Afghan and Ukraine Crises Showed How the U.S. Can Rebuild Its Refugee System|David Miliband|May 4, 2022|Time
At the end of Prohibition, one such leader in New York, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, regularized what had been an ad hoc operation, and ran it, as the FBI put it, “like a major corporation.”
What My Mobster Grandfather Understood About American Capitalism|Russell Shorto|March 17, 2021|Time
The word Arctic is generally capitalized, but exceptions were too frequent to regularize.
Ethnological results of the Point Barrow expedition|John Murdoch
It is absolutely necessary to stimulate and regularize perspiration over the whole surface of the body.
Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori

No attempt was made by the printer to regularize the appearance, nor to provide a table of contents.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
No attempt was made to regularize the use of quotation marks, except to supply those that were clearly missing.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor|Various
I wonder,” said Gorman, “if it would be possible to—well, shall we say regularize the situation?
The Island Mystery|George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for regularize

regularize

regularise

/ (ˈrɛɡjʊləˌraɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make regular; cause to conform

Derived forms of regularize

regularization or regularisation, noun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

regularize

Origin of regularize

OTHER WORDS FROM regularize

Words nearby regularize

Words related to regularize

How to use regularize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for regularize

regularise

Derived forms of regularize