Regular

['regjʊlə] or ['rɛgjəlɚ]

Definition

(noun.) a garment size for persons of average height and weight.

(noun.) a regular patron; 'an habitue of the racetrack'; 'a bum who is a Central Park fixture'.

(noun.) a dependable follower (especially in party politics); 'he is one of the party regulars'.

(noun.) a soldier in the regular army.

(adj.) in accord with regular practice or procedure; 'took his regular morning walk'; 'her regular bedtime' .

(adj.) relating to a person who does something regularly; 'a regular customer'; 'a steady drinker' .

(adj.) officially full-time; 'regular students' .

(adj.) not deviating from what is normal; 'her regular bedtime' .

(adj.) in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; 'his regular calls on his customers'; 'regular meals'; 'regular duties' .

(adj.) (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula .

(adj.) (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; 'the regular army' .

(adj.) conforming to a standard or pattern; 'following the regular procedure of the legislature'; 'a regular electrical outlet' .

(adj.) regularly scheduled for fixed times; 'at a regular meeting of the PTA'; 'regular bus departures' .

(adj.) often used as intensifiers; 'a regular morass of details'; 'a regular nincompoop'; 'he's a veritable swine' .

Inputed by Cleo--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

(a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.

(a.) Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

(a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.

(a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.

(a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.

(a.) Same as Isometric.

(a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.

(a.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Typed by Julie

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Orderly, methodical, systematic, uniform, normal, just, according to rule.[2]. Periodic, periodical.[3]. Steady, stated, settled, established, constant.

Typist: Nelly

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Customary, normal, ordinary, orderly, stated, recurrent, periodical,systematic, methodic, established, recognized, formal, symmetrical, certain

ANT:Unusual, exceptional, abnormal, capricious, rare, irregular, disordered,fitful, unsymmetrical, variable, eccentric, erratic, uncertain

Inputed by Gerard

Definition

adj. according to rule or to law order custom established practice or mode prescribed: in accordance with nature or art or the ordinary form or course of things: governed by rule: uniform: periodical: unbroken: methodical orderly systematic: strict: pursued with steadiness: straight: level: instituted according to established forms: normal natural: consistent: usual customary: (gram.) according to ordinary rule as 'regular verbs:' (bot.) symmetrical in form: (geom.) having all the sides and angles equal: belonging to the permanent or standing army—opp. to Militia and Volunteer: (coll.) thorough out and out as 'a regular deception:' as opp. to Secular in the R.C. Church denoting monks friars &c. under a monastic rule.—n. a soldier belonging to the permanent army: a member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows: (chron.) 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.—n.pl. Regulā′ria the regular sea-urchins.—n. Regularisā′tion.—v.t. Reg′ularise to make regular.—n. Regular′ity conformity to rule: method: uniformity.—adv. Reg′ularly.—n. Reg′ularness.—v.t. Reg′ulāte to make regular: to adjust by rule: to subject to rules or restrictions: to put in good order.—ns. Reg′ulating-screw in organ-building a screw by which the dip of the digitals of the keyboard of an organ may be adjusted; Regulā′tion act of regulating: state of being regulated: a rule or order prescribed: precept: law.—adj. Reg′ulātive tending to regulate.—n. Reg′ulātor one who or that which regulates: a lever which regulates the motion of a watch &c.: anything that regulates motion.—adj. Reg′ulātory.—n.fem. Reg′ulātress.

Checker: Nona

Examples

Typist: Shirley

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