2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule announced. 2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule announced. Eight teams to compete in a best-on-best international hockey championship. TORONTO -- The National Hockey League (NHLÂ®) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) announced today the schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Regulate is defined as to control, direct or adjust. 1  An example of regulate is for a committee to make rules that control trade in an area. 2  An example of regulate is to change the temperature on the heater.
The on-off spigot regulates the flow of water into your bathtub. When a government regulates an industry, they set standards the industry must follow. To regulate means to impose control. Regulate shares a root with the word, regular. When the transit authority regulates a train schedule, it makes sure trains arrive on a more regular schedule. The pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated ââ before a drug can be marketed, it must be tested.