regular
regular Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Recurring, done, or happening at uniform or fixed intervals of time; habitual or customary.
"Regular exercise and a balanced diet are essential for long-term health."
Conforming to the standard, usual, or expected type, size, or practice; ordinary or normal.
"Our regular opening hours will resume right after the holiday weekend."
Arranged in or constituting a constant, definite, or symmetrical pattern, especially with the same space or interval between individual instances.
"Plant the seedlings in regular rows about twelve inches apart."
(In grammar) following the standard pattern of inflection for a given language when forming plurals, tenses, or cases.
"Most English verbs are regular and form their past tense simply by adding '-ed'."
Belonging to or constituting the permanent professional armed forces of a country, as opposed to reservists or volunteer militia.
"He served for ten years as an officer in the regular army before retiring."
• noun
A person who frequently visits a particular place, establishment, or event, or who routinely participates in an activity or broadcast.
"The bartender greeted the regulars by name as they walked into the pub."
A commodity, garment, or food item of standard or medium size or preparation.
"Does this jacket come in a regular, or do you only have long sizes left?"
A member of a country's permanent, professional armed forces.
"A detachment of army regulars was deployed to assist with disaster relief."
• Rhymes for regular
Word Origin & Etymology
Middle English: from Old French reguler, from Latin regularis 'containing rules for guidance', from regula 'rule, straight piece of wood', related to regere 'to rule'.