regular
♦♦ regu|lar /r'egjʊlər/ (regulars)
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Regular events have equal amounts of time between them, so that they happen, for example, at the same time each day or each week.
Take regular exercise...
We're going to be meeting there on a regular basis...
The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
He also writes regularly for `International Management' magazine.
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
The overdraft arrangements had been generous because of the regularity of the half-yearly payments.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Regular events happen often.
This condition usually clears up with regular shampooing.
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here...
= frequently
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
Closures and job losses are again being announced with monotonous regularity.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you are, for example, a regular customer at a shop or a regular visitor to a place, you go there often.
She has become a regular visitor to Houghton Hall.
4 [N-COUNT]
The regulars at a place or in a team are the people who often go to the place or are often in the team.
Regulars at his local pub have set up a fund to help out...
5 [ADJ] det ADJ n
You use regular when referring to the thing, person, time, or place that is usually used by someone. For example, someone's regular place is the place where they usually sit.
The man sat at his regular table near the window.
= usual
6 [ADJ]
A regular rhythm consists of a series of sounds or movements with equal periods of time between them.
...a very regular beat...
≠ irregular
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
Remember to breathe regularly.
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
Regular is used to mean `normal'. (mainly AM)
The product looks and burns like a regular cigarette...
= ordinary
8 [ADJ] ADJ n
In some restaurants, a regular drink or quantity of food is of medium size. (mainly AM)
...a cheeseburger and regular fries.
9 [ADJ]
A regular pattern or arrangement consists of a series of things with equal spaces between them.
...strange small rounded sandy hillocks, that look as if they've been scattered in a regular pattern on the ground.
≠ irregular
10 [ADJ]
If something has a regular shape, both halves are the same and it has straight edges or a smooth outline.
...some regular geometrical shape.
≠ irregular
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the chessboard regularity of their fields.
11 [ADJ]
In grammar, a regular verb, noun, or adjective inflects in the same way as most verbs, nouns, or adjectives in the language.
≠ irregular
1 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Regular events have equal amounts of time between them, so that they happen, for example, at the same time each day or each week.
Take regular exercise...
We're going to be meeting there on a regular basis...
The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
He also writes regularly for `International Management' magazine.
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
The overdraft arrangements had been generous because of the regularity of the half-yearly payments.
2 [ADJ] usu ADJ n
Regular events happen often.
This condition usually clears up with regular shampooing.
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
Fox, badger, weasel and stoat are regularly seen here...
= frequently
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
Closures and job losses are again being announced with monotonous regularity.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
If you are, for example, a regular customer at a shop or a regular visitor to a place, you go there often.
She has become a regular visitor to Houghton Hall.
4 [N-COUNT]
The regulars at a place or in a team are the people who often go to the place or are often in the team.
Regulars at his local pub have set up a fund to help out...
5 [ADJ] det ADJ n
You use regular when referring to the thing, person, time, or place that is usually used by someone. For example, someone's regular place is the place where they usually sit.
The man sat at his regular table near the window.
= usual
6 [ADJ]
A regular rhythm consists of a series of sounds or movements with equal periods of time between them.
...a very regular beat...
≠ irregular
● regularly [ADV] ADV with v
Remember to breathe regularly.
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
Experimenters have succeeded in controlling the rate and regularity of the heartbeat.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
Regular is used to mean `normal'. (mainly AM)
The product looks and burns like a regular cigarette...
= ordinary
8 [ADJ] ADJ n
In some restaurants, a regular drink or quantity of food is of medium size. (mainly AM)
...a cheeseburger and regular fries.
9 [ADJ]
A regular pattern or arrangement consists of a series of things with equal spaces between them.
...strange small rounded sandy hillocks, that look as if they've been scattered in a regular pattern on the ground.
≠ irregular
10 [ADJ]
If something has a regular shape, both halves are the same and it has straight edges or a smooth outline.
...some regular geometrical shape.
≠ irregular
● regularity [N-UNCOUNT]
...the chessboard regularity of their fields.
11 [ADJ]
In grammar, a regular verb, noun, or adjective inflects in the same way as most verbs, nouns, or adjectives in the language.
≠ irregular