adj.
- arranged in a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.
- recurring at short uniform intervals:
a regular monthly check.
▸done or happening frequently.
▸doing the same thing often or at uniform intervals:
regular worshippers.
- conforming to or governed by an accepted standard of procedure or convention.
▸of or belonging to the permanent professional armed forces of a country.
▸properly trained or qualified and pursuing a full-time occupation.
▸Christian Church subject to or bound by religious rule. Contrasted with secular.
- usual or customary.
▸chiefly N. Amer. of an ordinary kind.
▸
N. Amer. not pretentious or arrogant; ordinary and friendly:
a regular guy.
▸denoting merchandise of average size.
- Grammar (of a word) following the normal pattern of inflection.
- Geometry (of a figure) having all sides and all angles equal.
▸(of a solid) bounded by a number of equal figures.
- Botany (of a flower) having radial symmetry.
n.
a regular customer, member of a team, etc.
▸a regular member of the armed forces.
▸one of the regular Christian clergy.
Derivative
- regularity n.
(pl. regularities)
. - regularization
or regularisation n. - regularize
or regularise v. - regularly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. reguler, from L. regularis, from regula ‘rule’.