regular

/ˈɹɛɡjʊlə//ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).

  2. 2

    A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.

    Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
  3. 3

    A frequent customer, client or business partner.

    This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
  4. 4

    A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

  5. 5

    Anything that is normal or standard.

  6. 6

    A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.

  7. 7

    A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.

  8. 8

    A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

adjective

  1. 1

    Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).

    regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
  2. 2

    Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.

  3. 3

    (of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size

  4. 4

    (of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.

  5. 5

    Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.

  6. 6

    Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).

  7. 7

    Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.

    He made regular visits to go see his mother.
  8. 8

    (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.

    "Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".
  9. 9

    Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.

  10. 10

    Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.

  11. 11

    Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.

    Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.
  12. 12

    Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.

    a regular genius; a regular John Bull
  13. 13

    Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.

    a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
  14. 14

    Isometric.

  15. 15

    Riding with the left foot forward.

  16. 16

    (of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

adverb

  1. 1

    Regularly, on a regular basis.

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