regular
adj
1 normal, customary, or usual
2 according to a uniform principle, arrangement, or order
trees planted at regular intervals
3 occurring at fixed or prearranged intervals
to make a regular call on a customer
4 following a set rule or normal practice; methodical or orderly
5 symmetrical in appearance or form; even
regular features
6 prenominal organized, elected, conducted, etc., in a proper or officially prescribed manner
7 prenominal officially qualified or recognized
he's not a regular doctor
8 prenominal (intensifier)
a regular fool
9 (U.S. and Canadian)
informal likable, dependable, or nice (esp. in the phrase a regular guy)
10 denoting or relating to the personnel or units of the permanent military services
a regular soldier, the regular army
11 (of flowers) having any of their parts, esp. petals, alike in size, shape, arrangement, etc.; symmetrical
12 (of the formation, inflections, etc., of a word) following the usual pattern of formation in a language
a (of a polygon) equilateral and equiangular
b (of a polyhedron) having identical regular polygons as faces that make identical angles with each other
c (of a prism) having regular polygons as bases
d (of a pyramid) having a regular polygon as a base and the altitude passing through the centre of the base
e another name for →
analytic →
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14 (Botany) another word for →
actinomorphic
15 postpositive subject to the rule of an established religious order or community
canons regular
16 (U.S. politics) of, selected by, or loyal to the leadership or platform of a political party
a regular candidate, regular policies
17 (Crystallog) another word for →
cubic →
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n
18 a professional long-term serviceman in a military unit
19 Informal a person who does something regularly, such as attending a theatre or patronizing a shop
20 a member of a religious order or congregation, as contrasted with a secular
21 (U.S. politics) a party member loyal to the leadership, organization, platform, etc., of his party
(C14: from Old French reguler, from Latin regularis of a bar of wood or metal, from regula ruler, model)
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regularity n
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regularly adv