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
- It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That will be in regular course; let us do as you say. Plato. The Republic.
- Is this regular, and according to the law of combat? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yes,' replied Bob Sawyer, 'and a regular expedition we'll make of it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac, I might say to all except the officers of the regular army who had served in the Mexican war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I should have thought you was a regular blue-jacket myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The regular performance will continue every night till further notice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It would have all ended in a regular standing flirtation, in yearly meetings at Sotherton and Everingham. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The way he'd say “I've been a regular brown bear to-day,” and take himself in his arms and hug himself at the thoughts of the brute he had pretended. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Everything is quite regular. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will, at least, have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am in now, as one of the regulars. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The brigade commanded by General Riley was from its position the most conspicuous in the final assault, but all did well, volunteers and regulars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His regiment is there; for I suppose you have heard of his leaving the ----shire, and of his being gone into the regulars. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Typist: Shirley