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regular

/ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/

noun

Meaning

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

  • 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 coffee with one cream and one sugar.

  • Anything that is normal or standard.

  • 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.

Synonyms

frequenter,
habitué,
patron,
usual suspects

adjective

Meaning

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

    "regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy"

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

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

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

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

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

  • Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.

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

  • (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"."

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

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

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

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

  • Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.

    "a regular genius; a regular John Bull"

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

    "a regular flower; a regular sea urchin"

  • Isometric.

  • Riding with the left foot forward.

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

Synonyms

absolute,
thorough,
unalloyed,
basic,
common,
unremarkable,
chaotic,
in order,
ruly,
tidy,
tumultuous,
cyclical,
frequent,
decent,
seemly,
well-mannered,
equable,
uniform,
unvarying,
weak

adverb

Meaning

  • Regularly, on a regular basis.