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regular



regu·lar [regular regulars] adjective, noun BrE [ˈreɡjələ(r)] NAmE [ˈreɡjələr]
adjective  
 
FOLLOWING PATTERN
1. following a pattern, especially with the same time and space in between each thing and the next
regular breathing
a regular pulse/heartbeat
A light flashed at regular intervals.
There is a regular bus service to the airport.
regular meetings/visits
The equipment is checked on a regular basis.
She writes a regular column for a national newspaper.
Opp: irregular  
 
FREQUENT
2. done or happening often
Do you take regular exercise?
Domestic violence is a regular occurrence in some families.
Opp: irregular
3. only before noun (of people)doing the same thing or going to the same place often
our regular customers
regular offenders (= against the law)
He was a regular visitor to her house.  
 
USUAL
4. only before noun usual
I couldn't see my regular doctor today.
On Monday he would have to return to his regular duties.
It's important to follow the regular procedure.  
 
EVEN
5. having an even shape
a face with regular features
a regular geometric pattern
He flashed a smile, showing two rows of white, regular teeth.
Opp: irregular  
 
PERMANENT
6. lasting or happening over a long period
a regular income
She couldn't find any regular employment.  
 
STANDARD SIZE
7. (especially NAmE)of a standard size
Regular or large fries?  
 
ORDINARY
8. only before noun (especially NAmE)ordinary; without any special or extra features
Do you want regular or diet cola?
I just want to buy a regular white shirt— nothing fancy.
• (approving)He's just a regular guy who loves his dog.  
 
SOLDIER
9. only before noun belonging to or connected with the permanent armed forces or police force of a country
a regular army/soldier
Opp: irregular  
 
GRAMMAR
10. (especially of verbs or nouns)changing their form in the same way as most other verbs and nouns
The past participle of regular verbs ends in ‘-ed’.
Opp: irregular  
 
FOR EMPHASIS
11. (informal)used for emphasis to show that sb/sth is an exact or clear example of the thing mentioned
The whole thing was a regular disaster.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French reguler, from Latin regularis, from regula ‘rule’.

Thesaurus:
regular adj.
1.
A light flashed at regular intervals.
steady • • even • • constant • • consistent • |usually approving stable
Opp: irregular
a regular/steady/constant supply
regular/steady/even breathing
(a) regular/steady/stable relationship/employment
Regular or steady? Both these words can be used to describe a job, work, employment, an income, the supply of sth or a relationship that continues for a long time and that you can rely on. A regular job is sometimes used in contrast to another job that is not regular:
•I decided to give up the freelance work and concentrate on my regular job.
 ✗ I decided to concentrate on my steady job.:
•If you want money, get a regular/steady job.
2.
There were regular disputes over boundaries.
They have been regular customers for many years.
frequent • • habitual • • continual • • repeated • • recurrent • • periodic
Opp: irregular
regular/frequent/habitual/continual/repeated use
regular/frequent/continual/repeated/recurrent attacks
a regular/frequent visitor
a regular/habitual drinker/offender
Regular or frequent? Use regular in more active examples, when you are talking about people doing things, rather than things that happen:
•Eat a healthy diet and take regular exercise.
 ✗ Take frequent exercise.

Example Bank:
He's a pretty regular guy.
Her face was perfectly regular.
His blood pressures was taken at regular intervals.
She comes from a perfectly regular middle-class family.
She enjoyed his increasingly regular visits.
The paintings are changed on a regular basis.
at fairly regular intervals
highly regular patterns
A light flashed at regular intervals.
Eat a healthy diet and take regular exercise.
He became a regular visitor to Hamilton Road.
He was mistaken for one of the regular crew.
Her views on the subject will be familiar to regular readers of the paper.
I couldn't see my regular doctor today.
I decided to give up the freelance work and concentrate on my regular job.
I needed to get a regular job.
In the 1950s he made regular appearances on Broadway.
Many of them were regular users of heroin.
Nightmares and night-time anxiety are a regular feature of his work.
Power cuts were a fairly regular occurrence.
Regular smokers also drink more alcohol than non-smokers.
She couldn't find any regular employment.
She went on with her regular evening task of doing the accounts.
The equipment is checked on a regular basis.
The need to earn a regular income restricted the time he could spend pursuing his real interests.
The other bag had my regular clothes in it.
The parents are not regular churchgoers.
The plant requires regular pruning to maintain its shape.
There were regular complaints of obstruction caused by parked vehicles.
There were regular disputes over boundaries.
They have been regular customers for many years.
This breed of dog benefits from a regular supply of green vegetables in its diet.
a regular pulse/heartbeat
Idiom:regular as clockwork
 
noun  
 
CUSTOMER
1. a customer who often goes to a particular shop/store, pub, restaurant, etc
He's one of our regulars.  
 
MEMBER OF TEAM
2. a person who often plays in a particular team, takes part in a particular television show, etc
We are missing six first-team regulars because of injury.  
 
SOLDIER
3. a professional soldier who belongs to a country's permanent army

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French reguler, from Latin regularis, from regula ‘rule’.

Example Bank:
He's one of our regulars.

 

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