regulative

An adjective meaning serving to regulate or control; now largely replaced by 'regulatory' in modern usage.

• 🇷🇺Прилагательное, означающее служащее для регулирования или контроля; в современном употреблении в значительной степени заменено словом 'regulatory'.

1. Controlling or Restricting C1 formal

   Serving to control, direct, or restrict according to established rules or principles.

   • The regulative framework ensures fair competition among businesses.
   • Regulative policies are in place to protect consumer rights.
   • The committee issued regulative guidelines for the new project.

   🇷🇺Регулирующий

   Synonyms: controllingdirectivegoverninglimitingprescriptiveregulatoryrestrictive

   Antonyms: freepermissiveunrestrictive

• more regulative comparative form
• most regulative superlative form