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What (who) is Regular - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Regulars; Regularly; Regularity; Regular force; REGULAR; Regular (disambiguation)
regular
¦ adjective
1. arranged in a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.
2. recurring at short uniform intervals: a regular monthly check.
done or happening frequently.
doing the same thing often or at uniform intervals: regular worshippers.
3. conforming to or governed by an accepted standard of procedure or convention.
of or belonging to the permanent professional armed forces of a country.
properly trained or qualified and pursuing a full-time occupation.
Christian Church subject to or bound by religious rule. Contrasted with secular.
4. usual or customary.
chiefly N. Amer. of an ordinary kind.
N. Amer. not pretentious or arrogant; ordinary and friendly: a regular guy.
(chiefly in commercial use) denoting merchandise of average size.
5. Grammar (of a word) following the normal pattern of inflection.
6. Geometry (of a figure) having all sides and all angles equal.
(of a solid) bounded by a number of equal figures.
7. Botany (of a flower) having radial symmetry.
¦ noun a regular customer, member of a team, etc.
?a regular member of the armed forces.
?Christian Church one of the regular clergy.
Derivatives
regularity noun (plural regularities).
regularization or regularisation noun
regularize or regularise verb
regularly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. reguler, from L. regularis, from regula 'rule'.
regular
(regulars)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Regular events have equal amounts of time between them, so that they happen, for example, at the same time each day or each week.
Take regular exercise...
We're going to be meeting there on a regular basis...
The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• regularly
He also writes regularly for 'International Management' magazine.
ADV: ADV with v
• regularity
The overdraft arrangements had been generous because of the regularity of the half-yearly payments.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Regular events happen often.
This condition usually clears up with regular shampooing.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• regularly
Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here...
= frequently
ADV: ADV with v
• regularity
Closures and job losses are again being announced with monotonous regularity.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you are, for example, a regular customer at a shop or a regular visitor to a place, you go there often.
She has become a regular visitor to Houghton Hall.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
The regulars at a place or in a team are the people who often go to the place or are often in the team.
Regulars at his local pub have set up a fund to help out...
N-COUNT
5.
You use regular when referring to the thing, person, time, or place that is usually used by someone. For example, someone's regular place is the place where they usually sit.
The man sat at his regular table near the window.
= usual
ADJ: det ADJ n
6.
A regular rhythm consists of a series of sounds or movements with equal periods of time between them.
...a very regular beat...
? irregular
ADJ
• regularly
Remember to breathe regularly.
ADV: ADV with v
• regularity
Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.
N-UNCOUNT
7.
Regular is used to mean 'normal'. (mainly AM)
The product looks and burns like a regular cigarette...
= ordinary
ADJ: ADJ n
8.
In some restaurants, a regular drink or quantity of food is of medium size. (mainly AM)
...a cheeseburger and regular fries.
ADJ: ADJ n
9.
A regular pattern or arrangement consists of a series of things with equal spaces between them.
...strange small rounded sandy hillocks, that look as if they've been scattered in a regular pattern on the ground.
? irregular
ADJ
10.
If something has a regular shape, both halves are the same and it has straight edges or a smooth outline.
...some regular geometrical shape.
? irregular
ADJ
• regularity
...the chessboard regularity of their fields.
N-UNCOUNT
11.
In grammar, a regular verb, noun, or adjective inflects in the same way as most verbs, nouns, or adjectives in the language.
? irregular
ADJ
Regular
·adj ·same·as Isometric.
II. Regular ·adj Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
III. Regular ·adj A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army;
- chiefly used in the plural.
IV. Regular ·adj Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
V. Regular ·adj Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
VI. Regular ·adj A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.
VII. Regular ·adj Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.
VIII. Regular ·adj Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.
IX. Regular ·adj Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
Wikipedia
Regular
The term regular can mean normal or in accordance with rules. It may refer to:
Examples of use of Regular
1. The regular view: For regular TV, watch at a distance.
2. "But if they put the regular ones, the regular police, no.
3. Pedophiles, rapists, and ‘regular murderers‘ are treated with regular care,‘‘ he wrote.
4. He pictured a permanent condition of anarchy without regular war or regular peace.
5. Taxpayers must compute their taxes under the regular tax rules with regular deductions, then do it again under the AMT.