regular UK /ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/US /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/adjective 20noun 11adverb 1forms 3phrases 1 adjective20 •happening again and again with the same amount of time in betweenHe made regular visits to go see his mother. •(euphemistic) Having normal bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals.Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps one regular. •(US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.“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. — 1868 •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. — 2011 •Of a verb, plural, etc., following a set or common pattern; according to the general rules of a given language."Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk". •Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. •Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size •Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other. •Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape. •Isometric. •Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops. •(informal) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.Don't worry, boy. We're gonna set you straight. By tomorrow morning, you'll be a regular Burt Reynolds. — 1997 •Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected. — 2002 •Riding with the left foot forward. •Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity. •Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular. •Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring. •Such that the local ring at every point is regular. •A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat. •(no longer used) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.). noun11 •A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.Bartenders usually know their regulars by name. •A frequent customer, client or business partner.This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars. •A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve). •A member of the armed forces or police force. •(Singapore) Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.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. — 2004 •A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast. •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. — 2011 •(Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar. •A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows. •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. •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. adverb1 •(dialect, nonstandard) Regularly, on a regular basis.Though no minister would visit the Skerburnfoot, or, if he went, departed quicker than he came, the girl Ailie attended regular at the catechising at the mains of Sker. — 1902 formsregulars · more regular · most regular Phrases with regular on a regular basisRegularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
