regular
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
Having the expected characteristics or appearances.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
chiefly us
Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
colloquial
Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
noun
A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
A frequent customer, client or business partner.
A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
A member of the armed forces or police force.
Anything that is normal or standard.
A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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This meaning: Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
Used this way, regular is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word Family
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Word family
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A property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles.
In a regular manner.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
An icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces.
An octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces.
A payment made at regular times.
A polygon with all sides and all angles equal.
Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent.
Recurring at regular intervals.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
The condition of having been made regular (or more regular).
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