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Regular   /rˈɛgjələr/  /rˈeɪgjələr/   Listen
Regular

adjective
1.
In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.  "Regular meals" , "Regular duties"  Antonym: irregular.
2.
Often used as intensifiers.  Synonym: veritable.  "A regular nincompoop" , "He's a veritable swine"
3.
Conforming to a standard or pattern.  "A regular electrical outlet"
4.
Regularly scheduled for fixed times.  "Regular bus departures"
5.
In accord with regular practice or procedure.  "Her regular bedtime"
6.
Occurring at fixed intervals.  Synonym: even.  "The even rhythm of his breathing"
7.
Relating to a person who does something regularly.  Synonym: steady.  "A steady drinker"
8.
(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces.  Antonym: irregular.
9.
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula.  Antonym: irregular.
10.
Not constipated.  Synonym: unconstipated.  Antonym: constipated.
11.
Symmetrically arranged.  Synonym: even.  "Regular features" , "A regular polygon"
12.
Not deviating from what is normal.
13.
Officially full-time.
noun
1.
A regular patron.  Synonyms: fixture, habitue.  "A bum who is a Central Park fixture"
2.
A soldier in the regular army.
3.
A dependable follower (especially in party politics).
4.
A garment size for persons of average height and weight.



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"Regular" Quotes from Famous Books



... those days. For a minute we listened in silence, and then on the wind I heard more distinctly still the regular thud of a galloping horse. So he was coming, as I knew he would. I knew he ...
— The Unspeakable Gentleman • John P. Marquand
... hang out a service flag for a feller that's working on a transport," Tom said. "He isn't in regular military service. When I'm ...
— Tom Slade on a Transport • Percy Keese Fitzhugh
... them, it was said, were pursuing agriculture and all their ordinary vocations as openly as in time of peace, and more industriously. They had a regular code of signals, and nearly every person in the Holetown settlement was in ...
— Two Little Confederates • Thomas Nelson Page
... which the common-weal of men is most concerned; that it was a time when the private manuscript was subjected to that same censorship and question, and corrected with those same instruments and engines, which made then a regular part of the machinery of the press; when the most secret cabinet of the Statesman and the Man of Letters must be kept in order for that revision, when his most confidential correspondence, his private note-book and diary must be composed under these restrictions; when in the church, ...
— The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded • Delia Bacon
... of study, and finally depicts him, under the name of Herbert, as a philosopher and a virtuous man, who, after behaving as a hero, and after abandoning some of the illusions of youth, and principally that of making men wiser and better, aspires only at leading a mild, regular, virtuous, ...
— My Recollections of Lord Byron • Teresa Guiccioli


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