Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense regularizes, present participle regularizing, past tense, past participle regularizedregional note: in BRIT, also use regularise
verb
If someone regularizes a situation or system, they make it officially acceptable or put it under a system of rules.
[formal]
Cohabiting couples would regularise their unions, they said. [VERB noun]
The whole system of financing is being regularized. [VERB noun]
regularize in British English
or regularise (ˈrɛɡjʊləˌraɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to make regular; cause to conform
Derived forms
regularization (ˌregulariˈzation) or regularisation (ˌregulariˈsation)
noun
regularize in American English
(ˈrɛgjələˌraɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈregularˌized or ˈregularˌizing
to make regular
Derived forms
regularization (ˌregulariˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'regularize' in a sentence
regularize
Until then, I can regularize the trade to minimize the dislocation of your society.