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[ UK /ɹˈɛɡjuːlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪɡjəɫɝ, ˈɹɛɡjəɫɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. officially full-time
    regular students
  2. often used as intensifiers
    a regular nincompoop
    he's a veritable swine
    a regular morass of details
  3. conforming to a standard or pattern
    a regular electrical outlet
    following the regular procedure of the legislature
  4. in accord with regular practice or procedure
    took his regular morning walk
    her regular bedtime
    her regular bedtime
  5. regularly scheduled for fixed times
    regular bus departures
    at a regular meeting of the PTA
  6. symmetrically arranged
    a regular polygon
    regular features
    even features
  7. in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
    his regular calls on his customers
    regular meals
    regular duties
  8. not deviating from what is normal
    her regular bedtime
    her regular bedtime
  9. (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces
    the regular army
  10. occurring at fixed intervals
    a regular beat
    the even rhythm of his breathing
  11. not constipated
  12. relating to a person who does something regularly
    a regular customer
    a steady drinker
  13. (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
NOUN
  1. a regular patron
    a bum who is a Central Park fixture
    an habitue of the racetrack
  2. a soldier in the regular army
  3. a dependable follower (especially in party politics)
    he is one of the party regulars
  4. a garment size for persons of average height and weight

How To Use regular In A Sentence

  • People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
  • Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
  • Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
  • FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
  • He moved to Paris in 1767, and after a couple of years had become so popular that he received regular commissions to write two or three operas a year for various theatres.
  • Let the term geoid apply to the natural irregular surface of the earth and the term spheroid to the ideal regular sur - face of the geodesist which coincides nearly with sealevel and is necessarily a level surface. Transactions - American Philosophical Society
  • In a little water in front of the grotto is the lotus-flower, a regular Indian plant; while in the shade of some of the petrified wood are several beautiful English ferns. Three Months in the Soudan
  • It does a lot of spa treatments, everything from facials to aromatherapy to regular massage therapy.
  • With tile nippers cut tiles to irregular shapes.
  • It is good to have regular practice at something - meditation, at the very least.
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