regularizeverb [ T ]
UK usually regularise uk/ˈreɡ.jə.lər.aɪz/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ.aɪz/to change a situation or system so that it obeys laws or is based on reason:
The position of our formerly illegal workers has now been regularized (= made legal and official).
Some people want to regularize the English spelling system (= change it so that all words follow the same rules for spelling).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Standard and routine
- average
- bog-standard
- conformance
- conformity
- day-to-day
- default
- diet
- institutionalize
- mainline
- regular
- round
- routine
- routinely
- set
- standard
- staple
- std
- stock
- the daily round idiom
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regularization
noun [ U ] UK usually regularisation uk/ˌreɡ.jə.lə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌreɡ.jə.lɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/