regular

Meaning

Adj

1. Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
2. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
3. Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
4. Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
5. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
6. Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
7. (archaic) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
8. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
9. (plural) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.
10. (US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
11. Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
12. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
13. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
14. Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
15. Isometric.
16. Riding with the left foot forward.
17. (not-comparable) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
18. (not-comparable) Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring.
19. (not-comparable) Such that the local ring at every point is regular.
20. (not-comparable, obsolete) A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.

Adv

Regularly, on a regular basis.

Noun

1. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
2. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
3. A member of the armed forces or police force.
4. (Singapore) A member of the armed forces or police force.
5. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
6. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
7. Anything that is normal or standard.
8. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
9. 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.
10. 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.

Opposite of

chaotic, common, degenerate, familiar, goofy, inevitable, intermediate, irregular, moderate, noncyclic, normal, orderly, outlandish, steady, strong, tumultuous, weird

Synonyms

usual

common

ordinary

normal

even

constant

orderly

systematic

steady

uniform

standard

habitual

accurate

proper

formal

correct

prompt

punctual

permanent

typical

standing

true

complete

persistent

frequent

daily

continuous

on time

timely

consistent

plain

planned

perfect

periodic

real

natural

veritable

legal

well-regulated

customary

always

everyday

continual

average

unconstipated

uninterrupted

commonplace

absolute

client

methodical

Translations

régulier

regular

regelmäßig

regelmatig

regular

regolare

regulär

κανονικός

ordentlich

geregeld

regelmatige

ordinaire

düzenli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: reguler

In summary

From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).

Sentences

Detailed reactions were taken after six months and since then regular monitoring was conducted .