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- 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 Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
- 3 Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
- 4 Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
- 5 Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
"April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner."
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- 6 Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
- 7 Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). archaic
- 8 Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
"He made regular visits to go see his mother."
- 9 Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. plural
""Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk"."
- 10 Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. US
"“I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things."
- 11 Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
- 12 Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
"Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular."
- 13 Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright. colloquial
"a regular genius; a regular John Bull"
- 14 Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
"a regular flower; a regular sea urchin"
- 15 Isometric.
- 16 Riding with the left foot forward.
- 17 Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular. not-comparable
- 18 Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring. not-comparable
- 19 Such that the local ring at every point is regular. not-comparable
- 20 A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat. not-comparable, obsolete
- 1 in accord with regular practice or procedure wordnet
- 2 not constipated wordnet
- 3 relating to a person who does something regularly wordnet
- 4 officially full-time wordnet
- 5 not deviating from what is normal wordnet
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- 6 in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle wordnet
- 7 (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula wordnet
- 8 (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces wordnet
- 9 conforming to a standard or pattern wordnet
- 10 occurring at fixed intervals wordnet
- 11 regularly scheduled for fixed times wordnet
- 12 symmetrically arranged wordnet
- 13 often used as intensifiers wordnet
- 1 Regularly, on a regular basis. archaic, dialectal, nonstandard, not-comparable
"'And if the knowledge wasn'y well come by, why, you might ha' made up for it by coming to church reg'lar.'"
- 1 A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
- 2 a garment size for persons of average height and weight wordnet
- 3 A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
"Bartenders usually know their regulars by name."
- 4 a regular patron wordnet
- 5 A member of the armed forces or police force.
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- 6 a dependable follower (especially in party politics) wordnet
- 7 A member of the armed forces or police force.; Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of service in the military. Singapore
"Boss, this is the situation. They were regulars in the army. They’ve left the army and are taxi drivers now. He was a commando and he was a state boxer. They don’t earn much and there’s no end."
- 8 a soldier in the regular army wordnet
- 9 A frequent customer, client or business partner.
"This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars."
- 10 A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
"When it comes to regulars, some shows feature ensemble casts in which all the characters are more or less equal and the focus of the show shifts from one member of the ensemble to another from episode to episode."
- 11 A coffee with one cream and one sugar. Canada
- 12 Anything that is normal or standard.
"You separate the marbles by color until you have four groups, but then you notice that some of the marbles are regulars, some are shooters, and some are peewees."
- 13 A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
- 14 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.
- 15 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.
Etymology
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
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