deregulate

Questions about deregulate

What does deregulate mean?

deregulate means "lift the regulations on".

How many syllables are in deregulate?

deregulate has 4 syllables: de-reg-u-late. The stress falls on "reg". In IPA it is /diˈɹɛɡjəleɪt/.

What is the opposite of deregulate?

The recorded antonyms are regulate.

Is deregulate a common word?

deregulate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.