regular

[ reg-yuh-ler ]

/ ˈrɛg yə lər /

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adjective

usual; normal; customary: To stay tidy, always put things back in their regular place immediately.

evenly or uniformly arranged; symmetrical: His white, regular teeth were his most noticable feature.

characterized by fixed principle, uniform procedure, etc.: It's a relief to finally have regular income coming in.

recurring at fixed times; periodic: Regular bus departures occured between noon and three in the afternnoon.The dog is much better now that she's getting regular meals.

rhythmical: The baby's regular breathing suggested she was finally sleeping.

occurring with normal frequency, as menses or bowel movements.

having regular menses or bowel movements.

adhering to a rule or procedure; methodical: regular habits; to be regular in one's diet.

observing fixed times or habits; habitual: a regular customer.

orderly; well-ordered: a regular life.

conforming to some accepted rule, discipline, etc.

carried out in accordance with an accepted principle or rule; formally correct: a regular session of the court.

qualified to engage in an occupation or profession; legitimate; proper:I suspected the man wasn't a regular doctor.

Informal.

real or genuine; down-to-earth; decent: a regular guy.
absolute; thoroughgoing: a regular rascal.

(of a flower) having the members of each of its floral circles or whorls alike in form and size.

Grammar. conforming to the most prevalent pattern of formation, inflection, construction, etc.: a regular verb.

Mathematics.

governed by one law throughout.
(of a polygon) having all sides and angles equal.
(of a polyhedron) having all faces congruent regular polygons, and all solid angles congruent.
(of a topological space) having the property that, corresponding to each point and a closed set not containing the point, there are two disjoint open sets, one containing the point, the other containing the closed set.
(of a function of a complex variable) analytic (def. 5a).

Military. noting or belonging to the permanently organized, or standing, army of a state.

International Law. noting soldiers recognized as legitimate combatants in warfare.

Ecclesiastical. subject to a religious rule, or belonging to a religious or monastic order (opposed to secular): regular clergy.

U.S. Politics. of, relating to, or selected by the recognized agents of a political party: the regular ticket.

of or relating to a product, such as a food or beverage, that has the original formula or typical ingredients, usually used to contrast with a modified version of the same product: regular or diet soda;regular yogurt or soy yogurt;regular gasoline or premium.

(of coffee) containing an average amount of milk or cream.

noun

a long-standing or habitual customer or client: The restaurant can always find tables for its regulars.

Ecclesiastical. a member of a duly constituted religious order under a rule.

Military. a professional soldier.

U.S. Politics. a party member who faithfully stands by their party.

a size of garment designed for men of average build.

a garment, as a suit or overcoat, in a size of garment designed for men of average build.

an athlete who plays in most of the games, usually from the start.

OTHER WORDS FOR regular

2 even, formal, orderly, uniform.

4 habitual, established, fixed.

8 systematic.

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Origin of regular

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English reguler (adjective) from Middle French, from Late Latin rēgulāris. See regula, -ar¹

OTHER WORDS FROM regular

reg·u·lar·i·ty

[reg-yuh-lar-i-tee], /ˌrɛg yəˈlær ɪ ti/, reg·u·lar·ness, nounqua·si-reg·u·lar, adjectivequa·si-reg·u·lar·ly, adverbsub·reg·u·lar, adjective

sub·reg·u·lar·i·ty, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH regular

regular , routine

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How to use regular in a sentence

Either way, you can work a 20-mile ride into even the busiest schedule on a regular basis, and you’ll still have plenty of energy left to deal with the rest of your day.
Why 20 Miles Is the Perfect Length for a Bike Ride|Eben Weiss|November 20, 2020|Outside Online
After those two cancellations, the Badgers began regular game-week preparation the Monday before their next game against Michigan.
Maryland football is ‘committed to getting back,’ but timeline for return is unclear|Emily Giambalvo|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Since 2018, she had been making regular stops at the pantry.
‘Can’t eat a gift card’: Rural food banks fight to put turkeys on the table|Kyle Swenson|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
By late August, he was a regular on the second-team offense.
For undrafted NFL rookies, the odds were even longer this year. Isaiah Wright made it anyway.|Sam Fortier|November 20, 2020|Washington Post

Not just for 2-1 Maryland, which has three more scheduled regular season games.
College football has been battered by covid. What’s most startling is our acceptance.|Barry Svrluga|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
MBP has been practiced for millennia with varying regularity among different sects of the Jewish community.
Why Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Babies Keep Getting Herpes|Emily Shire|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Regularity is more important than duration so that it integrates into the mind and body,” says Cruikshank.
Yoga Is Good for You. But Is It Medicine?|DailyBurn|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He flew into rages with some regularity, some of them drunken, and over the years said all manner of offensive things.
How Rob Ford Could Win Reelection|Ivor Tossell|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can even help your digestion and the regularity of your bowel movements.
Squats: The Absolutely Incredible Secret to Staying in Shape|Ari Meisel|January 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His big passion these days is the minimum wage, which he has written about with some regularity.
Could a Larger Minimum Wage Hike Sell?|Michael Tomasky|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We have to remember that his daily life, where the home is orderly, helps to impress on him regularity of form.
Children's Ways|James Sully
He was good-looking, as far as regularity of features and a well-formed figure went, but mentally not much to boast of.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Under his management the work at Ballinasloe has for many years been conducted with clock-work regularity.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Isn't this free-booting spirit, now, better than leading a cowardly life of musty regularity?
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman
The sedateness of his deportment and the apparent regularity of his life delighted austere moralists.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

British Dictionary definitions for regular

regular

/ (ˈrɛɡjʊlə) /

adjective

normal, customary, or usual

according to a uniform principle, arrangement, or ordertrees planted at regular intervals

occurring at fixed or prearranged intervalsto make a regular call on a customer

following a set rule or normal practice; methodical or orderly

symmetrical in appearance or form; evenregular features

(prenominal) organized, elected, conducted, etc, in a proper or officially prescribed manner

(prenominal) officially qualified or recognizedhe's not a regular doctor

(prenominal) (intensifier)a regular fool

US and Canadian informal likable, dependable, or nice (esp in the phrase a regular guy)

denoting or relating to the personnel or units of the permanent military servicesa regular soldier; the regular army

(of flowers) having any of their parts, esp petals, alike in size, shape, arrangement, etc; symmetrical

(of the formation, inflections, etc, of a word) following the usual pattern of formation in a language

maths

(of a polygon) equilateral and equiangular
(of a polyhedron) having identical regular polygons as faces that make identical angles with each other
(of a prism) having regular polygons as bases
(of a pyramid) having a regular polygon as a base and the altitude passing through the centre of the base
another name for analytic (def. 5)

botany another word for actinomorphic

(postpositive) subject to the rule of an established religious order or communitycanons regular

US politics of, selected by, or loyal to the leadership or platform of a political partya regular candidate; regular policies

crystallog another word for cubic (def. 4)

noun

a professional long-term serviceman or -woman in a military unit

informal a person who does something regularly, such as attending a theatre or patronizing a shop

a member of a religious order or congregation, as contrasted with a secular

US politics a party member loyal to the leadership, organization, platform, etc, of his or her party

Derived forms of regular

regularity, nounregularly, adverb

Word Origin for regular

C14: from Old French reguler, from Latin rēgulāris of a bar of wood or metal, from rēgula ruler, model

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Scientific definitions for regular

regular

[ rĕg′yə-lər ]

Having all sides or faces equal. For example, a square is a regular polygon, and a cube is a regular polyhedron.

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