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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

self-regulate en · VERB

Etymology

From self- + regulate.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) Of a mechanism, government, person, etc.: to regulate itself without external assistance.
    • I stim to self-regulate and to avoid sensory overload, meltdowns, or shutdowns in environments that are inaccessible. 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
self-regulated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
self-regulated Tense=Past lexicographic
self-regulates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
self-regulating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

self-regulation · self-regulatory