DEREGULATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they deregulate ... he / she / it deregulates

Past simple: deregulated

Past participle: deregulated

-ing form: deregulating

Meaning:

Lift the regulations on

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "deregulate" is one way to...):

exempt; free; relieve (grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

regulate (bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations)

Derivation:

deregulating; deregulation (the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations))